Patent ID: 8118414

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a pattern formed body, wherein a pattern is formed on a substrate by: discharging a liquid from a discharge orifice by applying a voltage between a first electrode, disposed in the vicinity of the discharge orifice of a nozzle of a discharge head, and a second electrode, disposed in between the discharge orifice and the substrate, having an opening for discharge defined in the surface of the second electrode; and adhering the liquid onto the substrate by passing through the opening for discharge of the second electrode, wherein a potential is evenly distributed around the circumference of the opening for discharge defined in the surface of the second electrode such that the potential around the circumference is uniform, and wherein a discharge direction of the liquid is controlled by controlling a relative position of a central part of the discharge orifice and a central part of the opening for discharge of the second electrode, and wherein the second electrode is movable and the discharge head is stationary.