Patent ID: 8609326

Claim:
A method of patterning a field located on a surface of a substrate with a polymeric material that solidifies in response to actinic radiation using a template having a mold with a patterning surface thereon, the field having dimensions and the patterning surface having dimensions corresponding to the field dimensions, the method comprising: depositing the polymeric material on the field; contacting the patterning surface of the mold with deposited polymeric material; exposing a sub-portion of said field to said actinic radiation to solidify the polymeric material in the sub-portion of said field while maintaining the patterning surface in contact with the polymeric material; exposing all of said field including said sub-portion, to said actinic radiation, to solidify the remaining polymeric material in the field while maintaining the patterning surface in contact with the polymeric material; and separating the template from the solidified polymeric material on the field.