Patent ID: 9108343
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: B29C

Abstract:
1. A template treatment method for treatment of a template substrate that has a principal surface, a first pattern formed on the principal surface and provided with at least one recess, and a second pattern formed on the principal surface at a position different from the first pattern and provided with at least one recess, with the first pattern containing a first material and with the second pattern including a second material different from the first material; the method comprising: coating the second pattern with a coating containing a third material different from the first and second materials, wherein the coating the second pattern with the coating includes feeding the third material onto the substrate using an imprint device, and using the imprint device to cause the second pattern to be in contact with the third material; cleaning the template while the second pattern is coated with the coating; and removing the coating to expose the second pattern after the cleaning of the template; wherein: the first pattern is a pattern corresponding to the device pattern to be transferred to the substrate for processing, and the second pattern is an alignment mark.