Patent ID: 7815424

Claim:
An imprinting machine that brings a mold with a pattern surface having a pattern into contact with an uncured resin on an object and forms a pattern of a cured resin on the object, said imprinting machine comprising: a first measurement device including an optical system and configured to perform a first measurement of a position of an alignment mark formed on the object relative to an alignment mark formed on the pattern surface via said optical system; a second measurement device configured to perform a second measurement of a position of the mold by measuring a position of a surface of the mold other than the pattern surface; a mold stage configured to hold the mold and to be moved; an object stage configured to hold the object and to be moved; and a controller configured to cause said first measurement device to perform the first measurement before the mold and the uncured resin contact with each other, to cause said mold stage and said object stage to be moved relatively such that the mold and the object are aligned based on the first measurement before the mold and the uncured resin contact with each other, to cause said second measurement device to perform the second measurement after the mold and the object are aligned, to store a position of the mold obtained by said second measurement device, to cause said mold stage and said object stage to be moved relatively such that the mold and the uncured resin contact with each other, to cause said second measurement device to perform the second measurement again while the mold and the uncured resin contact with each other, and to cause said mold stage and said object stage to be moved relatively such that the mold and the object are aligned based on comparison of a position of the mold obtained by said second measurement device while the mold and the uncured resin contact with each other and the stored position of the mold.