Patent ID: 8187515

Claim:
A method for patterning polymerizable material on a film sheet, comprising: dispensing a plurality of droplets of polymerizable material on the film sheet; providing a tension to the film sheet prior to dispensing the droplets; applying a force to a first imprint lithography template such that the first imprint lithography template contacts the droplets of polymerizable material on the film sheet, wherein the applied template force and the provided film sheet tension are pre-determined to minimize localized trapping of the droplets of the polymerizable material on the film sheet such that droplets coalesce to form a continuous layer during contact with the first imprint lithography template; and, solidifying the polymerizable material to form a patterned layer having a residual layer and at least one feature; wherein the first imprint lithography template includes a plurality of molds that include a first subset of molds complimentary to a second subset of molds.