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Patent US9579843 - Imprint apparatus in which alignment control of a mold and a substrate is ... - Google Patents
An imprint apparatus performs alignment control of a mold and a substrate. A pattern formed on the mold is transferred onto a pattern forming layer on the substrate. A mold holding portion holds the mold, a substrate holding portion holds the substrate, and a control portion effects control so that the...http://www.google.ca/patents/US9579843?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US9579843 - Imprint apparatus in which alignment control of a mold and a substrate is effected
Publication number US9579843 B2
Application number US 13/804,973
Also published as CN101600993A, CN101600993B, CN102360162A, CN102360162B, CN102645841A, CN102645841B, EP2118706A2, EP2584408A2, US9573319, US20100270705, US20130196016, US20170115560, WO2008099795A2, WO2008099795A3
Publication number 13804973, 804973, US 9579843 B2, US 9579843B2, US-B2-9579843, US9579843 B2, US9579843B2
Patent Citations (64), Non-Patent Citations (17), Classifications (13)
Imprint apparatus in which alignment control of a mold and a substrate is effected
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1 Brief Communication issued by the European Patent Office on May 24, 2011, including Communication pursuant to Article 94(3) EPC.
2 Chinese Notice of Allowance dated Feb. 4, 2015, issued in counterpart Chinese Patent Application No. 201210118450.1.
3 Chinese Notice of Allowance or Notice of Acceptance mailed Oct. 8, 2012, issued in counterpart Chinese Patent Applicaiton No. 200880003889.1.
4 Chinese Office Action and Search Report dated May 9, 2013, issued in corresponding Chinese Patent Application No. 201110313093.X, with an English translation.
5 Chinese Office Action dated Jan. 27, 2014, issued in corresponding Chinese Patent Application No. 201110313093.X, with an English translation.
6 Chinese Official Action dated May 25, 2011, issued in corresponding Chinese patent application No. 2008800038891, with a Japanese translation.
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12 Korean Notice of Allowance issued Mar. 27, 2013, in counterpart Korean Patent Application No. 10-2011-7021866.
13 Korean Notice of Allowance issued Nov. 28, 2011, in counterpart Korean Patent Application No. 10-2011-7021866.
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International Classification G03F7/00, B82Y10/00, B29C59/02, B82Y40/00, G03F9/00, B29C59/00
Cooperative Classification G03F9/7023, G03F7/0002, B29C59/002, B05C11/00, B82Y40/00, B82Y10/00, G03F9/703