The present invention provides reduced production cost in a method for manufacturing an organic EL device including a step of forming a light-emitting layer having a predetermined pattern by an ink-jet method. The method achieves this objective by not forming a bank which surrounds an area in a substrate...http://www.google.com/patents/US20050253131?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20050253131 - Method for manufacturing organic EL device, organic EL device, and electronic apparatus