Patent ID: 7618768

Claim:
A method of forming a micropattern in a substrate, comprising the steps of: forming a lamination by laminating (i) a resin layer without photosensitivity and at least (ii) a depressed part inducing layer on the resin layer, which is made of zinc oxide, wherein the lamination is formed on the substrate from the side of the resin layer; selectively radiating and focusing a light beam onto at least the depressed part inducing layer of the lamination; wherein in the case where said selective radiating is to cause a depressed part to be formed in the resin layer, heat from the depressed part inducing layer from the selective radiating causes a latent image, comprising the depressed part, to be formed in the resin layer; etching the substrate while the resin layer is thereon; and wherein the depressed part formed in the resin layer is transferred to the substrate by the etching.