Patent ID: 8765034

Claim:
A pattern formation method comprising: placing a master on a substrate, the master including a concave-convex pattern formed in a rectangular shot region; performing alignment between the master and the substrate; curing a photosensitive resin applied onto the substrate, with the concave-convex pattern of the master brought into contact with the photosensitive resin; and removing the master from the photosensitive resin, the performing alignment including: measuring amount of misalignment of first alignment marks provided at least three of four corners of the shot region with respect to a fiducial on the substrate, and performing alignment of the four corners of the shot region; after the alignment of the four corners of the shot region, measuring misalignment of a second alignment mark provided at other than the four corners of the shot region with respect to a fiducial on the substrate; calculating a target value of amount of movement of the four corners of the shot region so as to minimize the amount of misalignment of the first alignment marks and amount of misalignment of the second alignment mark; and performing alignment between the master and the substrate so that the amount of movement of the four corners of the shot region is made close to the target value.