Patent ID: 7815824
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: B82Y,G03F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: loading a first template in an imprint lithography system, the first template being positioned to define a volume between the first template and a first substrate; patterning polymerizable material between the first template and the first substrate to provide a patterned layer, the patterned layer having a residual layer and a plurality of features; identifying an exclusion zone and a transition zone in the patterned layer; determining a region of interest on the first template, the region of interest corresponding to the exclusion zone and the transition zone in the patterned layer; removing the first template from the imprint lithography system; loading a second template into the imprint lithography system; patterning polymerizable material between the second template and a second substrate; removing a defect from the first template; and, unloading the second template from the imprint lithography system and reloading the first template.