Patent ID: 8840728

Claim:
An imprint system, comprising: a treatment station configured to perform a predetermined treatment on a template having a transfer pattern formed on a front surface of the template, to form a release agent film on the front surface of the template; a template carry-in/out station separate from the treatment station and configured to keep a plurality of the templates, and configured to carry the template into/out of said treatment station; an imprint unit configured to transfer the transfer pattern to a coating film formed on the substrate using the template having the film of the release agent formed on the front surface of the template in the treatment station, to form a predetermined pattern in the coating film; an interface station separate from the template carry-in/out station, a carry unit, and a substrate carry-in/out station, and configured to pass the template between the treatment station and the imprint unit; and the substrate carry-in/out station capable of keeping a plurality of the substrates, and carrying the substrate into/out of the imprint unit, wherein said treatment station comprises: a cleaning unit configured to clean the front surface of the template; a coating unit configured to apply a release agent to the cleaned front surface of the template; a heating unit configured to bake the applied release agent; and the carry unit separate from the template carry-in/out station, and configured to carry the template to and from said cleaning unit, said coating unit, and said heating unit, wherein the treatment station, the template carry-in/out station, the imprint unit, and the interface station are arranged adjacently, and are aligned in a straight line, and wherein the substrate carry-in/out station is arranged next to the imprint unit.