Patent ID: 8282868

Claim:
A semiconductor device fabrication method comprising: bringing a mold having a predetermined pattern into contact with at least a portion of an imprinting material formed on a substrate to be processed; and forming the pattern on the substrate to be processed by sequentially transferring the pattern for each shot, wherein one of a dicing region and a monitor pattern formation region of the substrate to be processed is coated with the imprinting material, the mold has a square shape and has one surface on which a pattern region having the pattern and a peripheral region surrounding the pattern region are formed, the peripheral region has a first region having a height equal to a maximum height of the pattern region, and a second region lower than the first region, the second region is formed into an L-shape in at least one corner of the square, and the first region is formed into an L-shape in at least another corner diametrically opposite to the corner where the second region is formed; wherein said L-shape is formed in the imprinted material so as to be visible in the plan view of said imprinted material, and the mold is placed such that in the two adjacent shots, the first region of one shot overlaps the second region of the other shot.