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Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 27, 2014
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Hitoshi Nakano, Utsunomiya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 59/00 (2006.01); G03F 7/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/34 (2006.01); B29C 59/02 (2006.01); B29C 59/16 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/0002 (2013.01); B29C 59/02 (2013.01); B29C 59/026 (2013.01); B29C 59/16 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3406 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3475 (2013.01); G03F 7/70483 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides an imprint apparatus for performing an imprint process of molding an imprint material on a substrate with a mold to form a pattern on the substrate, the apparatus including a supply device configured to supply, to a space between the imprint material on the substrate and the mold, a penetrating gas that penetrates at least one of the mold, the imprint material and the substrate and a condensable gas that is liquefied by pressure rise due to the molding, and a controller configured to control the supply device so as to change at least one of a supply amount of the penetrating gas and a supply amount of the condensable gas based on information on a recipe for the imprint process.


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