Patent ID: 8215944

Claim:
An imprinting device which transfers a pattern on a mold to a film molding object, the imprinting device comprising: a stage for holding the mold; a pressurizing-chamber casing which configures a pressurizing chamber together with the molding object; sealing means which airtightly seals a space between the pressurizing-chamber casing and the molding object; opening and closing means which opens and closes the space between the pressurizing-chamber casing and the molding object; pressurizing means which adjusts atmospheric pressure in the pressurizing-chamber; heating means which heats either one of or both of the mold and the molding object; and degassing means which includes a vacuum chamber where the mold and the molding object are arranged, and which eliminates a gas present between the mold and the molding object by reducing a pressure inside the vacuum chamber before the mold and the molding object are pressed.