Patent ID: 7074341

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a stamper/imprinter for use in patterning of a recording medium, comprising sequential steps of: (a) providing a substrate/workpiece comprising: (i) a topographical pattern formed in a portion of a surface of said substrate/workpiece, said pattern defining a periphery; and (ii) an alignment mark formed in another portion of said surface of said substrate/workpiece surrounding said periphery of said topographical pattern; (b) forming an opaque protective film overlying at least said topographical pattern and said alignment mark; (c) removing a peripheral portion of said protective film to expose said alignment mark formed in said surface of said substrate/workpiece; (d) removing selected portions of said substrate/workpiece while utilizing said alignment mark for accurate alignment of said substrate/workpiece during the selective removal process; and (e) removing remaining portions of said protective film prior to use in patterning of a recording medium.