Patent ID: 9387607
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: B29C,B29L,G03F

Claim Text:
1. An imprint apparatus for forming a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate using a mold, the apparatus comprising: a substrate holding mechanism configured to be divided into a plurality of areas, capable of varying an attracting force for attracting the substrate in each of the plurality of the areas and holding the substrate; and a control unit; wherein the control unit is configured to perform contacting and separating operations forming patterns not adjacent to one another in a first area of the plurality of the areas, and then perform reducing the attracting force in the first area to a level below the attracting force at the time of the separating operations while holding the substrate in at least one other area of the plurality of the areas, and then increasing the attracting force in the first area.