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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2004
Applicants:
Shigeyuki Fujii, Hirakata, JP;
Kenichi Matsumoto, Hirakata, JP;
Akira Nakanishi, Hirakata, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A touch panel has an adhesive layer for mounting it on an apparatus only within a range corresponding to its visible area, excluding outer frame. By pressing, from above, only the range within the visible area where an adhesive layer is provided, it is mounted on a liquid crystal display, and thereby, formation of air bubbles and the like within the portion corresponding to the visible area can be reduced and a high quality electronic apparatus can be easily realized.