Patent ID: 8574479

Claim:
An imprinting method for transferring a pattern of a mold to a resin dispensed on a substrate by using an imprinting apparatus including a holding unit configured to hold the mold, a dispensing unit configured to dispense the resin on the substrate and a selection unit that selects n shot areas on the substrate, the method comprising: dispensing the resin in the n selected shot areas arranged in a direction parallel to a direction in which the holding unit and the dispensing unit are arranged where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2; and after the dispensing the resin in the n selected shot areas is performed, transferring the pattern to the n selected shot areas on a one-by-one basis, wherein in the dispensing the resin, while the substrate is being moved in a direction from the dispensing unit toward the holding unit, the resin is continuously dispensed in the n selected shot areas arranged on the substrate in a row in a direction from the holding unit toward the dispensing unit in order in the direction from the holding unit toward the dispensing unit, and the pattern is continuously transferred to the n selected shot areas in order in which the resin is dispensed in the n selected shot areas, wherein a distance D between the dispensing unit and the mold and a width W of each shot area as seen in the direction parallel to the direction in which the holding unit and the dispensing unit are arranged are selected so as to satisfy a condition D>(3/2−1/n)W, wherein the dispensing and the transferring are performed repeatedly on the substrate, wherein the selection unit determines n that satisfies the condition D>(3/2−1/n)W based on the distance D and the width W, and selects n shot areas from a plurality of shot areas on a wafer based on the determined n, and wherein one shot area on the substrate corresponds to a pattern area formed on the mold.