Patent ID: 8361336
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: B29C,B82Y,G03F

Abstract:
1. An imprint method in which a step of forming a pattern by imprinting a pattern of a mold onto a resin material on a substrate is repeated multiple times, said imprint method comprising: (A) a step of forming a pattern for a first time by carrying out an imprint method comprising: (B) a step of forming a pattern for a second time through steps including a step of forming a second processed area by bringing the mold into contact with a resin material formed in an area that includes the outside area and is adjacent to the original processed area; (C) a step of forming a second protection layer for protecting the second processed area on a layer of the resin material in the second processed area; and (D) a step of removing excess resin material at a periphery of the second processed area, while the patterns formed in the original and the second processed areas are protected by the first and second protection layers, so as not to be removed, wherein, in the step of forming a pattern for a second time, the pattern for the second time is formed so as to be connected to the pattern for the first time.