Display panel and method of manufacturing the same

A method of manufacturing a display panel, the method comprising:

• providing a mother substrate in which a plurality of display cell areas is defined from which the display panel will be formed, the display cell areas arranged in a first direction and a second direction which crosses the first direction, each display cell area comprising:
• a display unit cell corresponding to the display panel, comprising a first substrate and a second substrate coupled to each other with a display element layer and a sealant interposed therebetween, wherein the sealant surrounds the display element layer by which transmission of light through the display panel is controlled to display an image with the light, and
• a dummy area extended along the second direction from the display unit cell, portions of the first substrate or the second substrate defining the dummy area;
• dividing the mother substrate into the display unit cells each having the dummy area extended therefrom, by performing a wheel cutting process;
• separating the dummy area from the divided display unit cell by performing a laser cutting process;
• and
• curving the display unit cell from which the dummy area is separated, with reference to a reference axis which is parallel to the second direction, to form the display panel,
• wherein
• the curving the display unit cell disposes one substrate among the first and second substrates closer to the reference axis,
• in the dividing of the mother substrate, the wheel cutting process comprises cutting:
• the first and second substrates along precutting lines corresponding to side surfaces of the display panel which are extended in the second direction to which the reference axis is parallel, and
• the first substrate or the second substrate of which the portions thereof define the dummy area, along first cutting lines corresponding to an outer boundary of the dummy area which is extended in the first direction, and
• in the separating of the dummy area from the display unit cell, the laser cutting process comprising cutting the other substrate among the first and second substrates which is further from the reference axis along second cutting lines corresponding to the side surfaces of the display panel which are extended in the first direction.