Patent 9772727 was granted and assigned to LG on September, 2017 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A touch panel includes a cover substrate having an active area and an unactive area. A printing layer is provided on the unactive area while forming a step difference from the cover substrate. An insulating layer is provided on the printing layer, and the insulating layer has average surface roughness in a range of 0.2 μm to 0.4 μm.