Patent ID: 9566741
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: B29C,B29K,B29L,B82Y,G03F,H01L

Claim:
1. An imprint method of forming a pattern of a resin on a substrate, the method comprising: holding the substrate on a holding surface; bringing an uncured resin on the substrate in contact with a mold; thermally deforming, in a deforming step, a partial region of the substrate by irradiating the partial region with light so as to change an outer circumferential shape of the partial region; curing the uncured resin on the partial region by irradiating light having a wavelength that is different from the light used in the deforming step; and releasing the mold from the cured resin on the partial region in contact with the mold, wherein, in at least a portion of a period during the deforming step, a region different from the partial region is held at a first suction force, while the partial region is held at a second suction force that is less than the first suction force, the first suction force and the second suction force acting between the substrate and the holding surface.