Patent ID: 7927089

Claim:
A deformable mold comprising: a first surface at which an imprinting pattern is formed, the imprinting pattern (i) being used to imprint a pattern on a substrate and (ii) having a variable size, which varies based on an amount of deformation of the imprinting pattern; a second surface located opposite from said first surface in a direction of thickness of said mold; a plurality of heat generating members for generating heat, said plurality of heat generating members having a permeability to ultraviolet light and being disposed at one of (i) said second surface and (ii) between said first surface and said second surface, and said plurality of heat generating members directly contacting said mold in order to control the amount of deformation of the imprinting pattern to vary the size of the imprinting pattern; and a controller for independently controlling said plurality of heat generating members, wherein said controller controls at least one of said heat generating members so as to effect anisotropic size correction of the mold in an in-plane direction of the mold.