Patent ID: 9375872
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: B29C,G03F

Claim Text:
1. An imprint apparatus configured to form a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate with a mold, the imprint apparatus comprising: a holding unit configured to hold the mold by attracting a first surface of the mold, the first surface being opposite to a second surface of the mold, the second surface on which the pattern is formed, with a suction unit that includes a plurality of suction force generating portions, wherein the first surface of the mold includes a first region and a second region, the second region being closer to a center of the mold from a lateral surface than is the first region; a suction force adjusting unit configured to adjust a suction force applied by the plurality of suction force generating portions; and a shape correcting unit configured to apply a force to a lateral surface of the mold such that a shape of a pattern region of the mold gets closer to a shape of a substrate-side pattern region of the substrate, wherein, in the case of applying a force to the mold by use of the shape correcting unit, the suction force adjusting unit adjusts the suction force applied by the plurality of suction force generating portions, so that a suction force of the first region of the first surface of the mold is less that of the second region.