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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2005
Mahadevan Ganapathisubramanian, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Byung-jin Choi, Austin, TX (US);
Michael N. Miller, Austin, TX (US);
Nicholas A. Stacey, Austin, TX (US);
Mahadevan GanapathiSubramanian, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Byung-Jin Choi, Austin, TX (US);
Michael N. Miller, Austin, TX (US);
Nicholas A. Stacey, Austin, TX (US);
Molecular Imprints, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for separating a mold from solidified imprinting material that includes creating deformation in the template in which the mold is included. The deformation is sufficient to create a returning force that is greater than an adhesion forced between the solidified imprinting material and the mold. For example, the deformation may result from a pressure differential created between the mold and a side of the template disposed opposite to the mold. In this manner, the distortion may be undulations in the template of sufficient magnitude to contact a substrate upon which the solidified imprinting material is disposed.