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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186992 | Micropattern transfer device In a micropattern transfer device, a stamper on which a fine indented pattern is formed is brought into contact with a material to be transferred, and the fine indented pattern on the stamper is transferred onto a surface of the material to be transferred. The micro... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8182258 | Imprinting device An imprinting device has a fixed side pressing structure and a movable side pressing structure that is movable toward and away from the fixed side pressing structure. The fixed side pressing structure includes a fixed base plate, a positioning pin for positioning a ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8152511 | Composition to reduce adhesion between a conformable region and a mold An imprint lithography mold assembly includes a mold having a surface, a substrate having a surface, and a polymerizable composition disposed between the surface of the mold and the surface of the substrate. The polymerizable composition includes a bulk material and... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152512 | Imprinting apparatus The present invention provides an imprinting apparatus in which stampers, after a transfer step, can be readily and quickly detached from a substrate and an atmosphere in the imprinting apparatus is kept clean. The imprinting device has an ejecting mechanism for sep... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8123514 | Conforming template for patterning liquids disposed on substrates The present invention includes a template for patterning liquids disposed on a substrate. The template includes a body having opposed first and second surfaces with one surface having at least one recess and the other surface having a patterning region. In one embod... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118585 | Pattern formation method and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device In one embodiment, a pattern formation method is disclosed. The method can place a liquid resin material on a workpiece substrate. The method can press a template against the resin material and measuring distance between a lower surface of a projection of the templa... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8109753 | Double-sided nano-imprint lithography system A nano-imprint lithography system is described for patterning first and second substrates, the system includes a translation stage constructed to alternatively place substrate chucks in position with respect to a nano-imprint mold assembly such that the nano-imprint... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109752 | Imprinting stamper and method of manufacturing the same An imprinting stamper which can transfer a microscopic pattern to a medium bearing a convex area or local projection, with high accuracy. A convexo-concave pattern is formed on a surface of the imprinting stamper. It includes a pattern layer having the convexo-conca... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109751 | Imprint device and microstructure transfer method There is provided an imprint device for transferring a fine pattern to a material to form a patterned material. The device comprises a stamper having the fine pattern thereon, and a pressure distribution mechanism. The stamper is pressed against the material, and th... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109754 | Method and system for double-sided patterning of substrates A system of patterning first and second opposed sides of a substrate is described. The system may employ a mold assembly and obtaining a desired spatial relationship between the first and second opposed sides of the substrate and the mold assembly. In a further embo... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8100685 | Imprint embossing alignment system An imprint embossing alignment system. In one embodiment, the system includes a die having a bottom surface, an embossing foil positioned above the bottom surface, and a mandrel, to receive the substrate, having a rod portion that extends through a central portion o... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100684 | Imprint lithography An imprint lithography apparatus is disclosed that has a first array of template holders, a second array of template holders, and a substrate table arranged to support a substrate to be imprinted, wherein the first array of template holders is arranged to hold an ar... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096802 | Nanoimprint stamper and a fine-structure transfer apparatus using the stamper A nanoimprint stamper can simultaneously conform to two types of anomaly in the shape of a transfer substrate, for example warpage and surface protrusions (including foreign objects) that differ greatly in the wavelength of variation. The nanoimprint stamper is capa... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8092209 | Imprinting device An optical imprinting device capable of simultaneously imprinting fine patterns to both surfaces of an opaque substrate is provided. The imprinting device includes a stamper having a fine pattern on its surface to imprint the fine pattern onto a surface of an object... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087922 | Imprint lithography with improved substrate/mold separation In imprint lithography, a mold having a pattern of projecting and recessed regions is pressed into a moldable surface on a substrate. The thus-imprinted moldable surface is permitted to at least partially harden to retain the imprint, and the substrate and mold are ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8075299 | Reduction of stress during template separation Separation of an imprint lithography template and a patterned layer in an imprint lithography process may result in stress to features of the template and/or features of the patterned layer. Such stress may be reduced by minimizing open areas on the template, includ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075298 | Flexible nano-imprint stamp The present invention relates to a nano-imprinting stamp for imprinting nanometer-sized to mm-sized structures, the stamp (1) having a base part and a first and a second imprinting section (2,3), the first and second imprinting sections having a lithog... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8057214 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing plate-like structure A method for manufacturing a plate-like structure, the method including a step of transferring concave and convex patterns on a master to a surface of a transferred substrate by sandwiching the master provided with the concave and convex patterns and the transferred... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052413 | Imprint device An improved imprint device is disclosed. It comprises a drive component, an imprinting object, and at least one mold, stacked together within a chamber, a fluid supplier is used for providing the solvent fluid into the chamber through a pipe. The solvent fluid will ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052414 | Mold structure used to produce discrete track medium, imprinting method, method for producing discrete track medium, and discrete track medium To provide a mold structure used to produce a discrete track medium, including in a surface of the mold structure: a plurality of line pattern forming concave portions which are positioned so as to be adjacent and substantially parallel to each other; and a communic... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8043085 | Imprint lithography An imprint lithography apparatus is disclosed that has a first support structure arranged to support an imprint template, and a first actuator attached to the first support structure, and arranged in use to be located between the first support structure and the impr... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038431 | Imprint mold An imprint mold including a substrate of transparent material having a first principal surface having a pattern region and a second principal surface; a first light shielding film provided on the first principal surface, along a periphery of the pattern region; and ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033815 | Chucking system for nano-manufacturing Chucking mechanisms may include a plurality of chucking sections respectively connecting to a pressure control device to generate individual chucking forces. The individual chucking forces of the chucking sections may be varied by the pressure control device such th... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8033814 | Device for holding a template for use in imprint lithography An imprint lithography template may be used to form an imprinted layer in a light curable liquid disposed on a substrate. During use, the template may be disposed within a template holder. The template holder may include a body with an opening configured to receive ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8033813 | Chucking system comprising an array of fluid chambers The present invention is directed towards a chucking system to hold a substrate, said system including, inter alia, a chuck body having first and second opposed sides, said first side including an array of fluid chambers arranged in rows and columns, said fluid cham... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8021141 | Imprint apparatus An imprint apparatus has a head unit with a fine structure. The head unit includes a fine imprint pattern layer including fine concavities and convexities, a resin layer on a face of the fine imprint pattern layer opposite to a face where the concavities and convexi... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8016585 | Nanoimprint resin stamper A resin stamper is provided that is intended for use in an optical transfer-based nanostructure transfer apparatus and which is capable of automatic transport and alignment. The resin stamper includes a support member made of a light transmitting material and having... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8011916 | Mold, imprint apparatus, and process for producing structure In order to alleviate or suppress curing of a photocurable resin material in an area in which the curing of the photocurable resin material is not intended, exposure of the photocurable resin material to light is suppressed through a non-pattern portion at which a l... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7997889 | Method for making hard mold A hard mold and method of preparing the mold is disclosed. The hard mold is designed for manufacturing articles having various shapes and patterns. The shaping mold includes a layer of hardened material provided over the entire surface of the selected master. The in... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7997890 | Device and method for lithography Apparatus and method for transferring a pattern from a template (10) having a structured surface to a substrate (12) carrying a surface layer of a radiation polymerisable fluid (14). The apparatus comprises a first main part (101) and a s... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7934921 | Apparatus, system, and method for guided growth of patterned media using monodisperse nanospheres An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for guided growth of patterned media using monodisperse nanospheres. The apparatus includes nanoscale features extending from a substrate. The nanoscale features may be formed using electron-beam lithography and have a ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7922474 | Imprint lithography An imprinting method is disclosed that includes applying an imprinting force to a template to cause the template to contact an imprintable medium on a target region of a first surface of a substrate to form an imprint in the medium, during application of the imprint... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7874831 | Template having a silicon nitride, silicon carbide or silicon oxynitride film An imprint lithography template including, inter alia, a body having a first thickness associated therewith; a patterning layer, having a second thickness associated therewith, comprising a plurality of features, having a third thickness associated therewith. ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7854604 | Semiconductor device fabrication method and pattern formation mold According to the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor device fabrication method comprising, bringing a mold having a predetermined pattern into contact with at least a portion of an imprinting material formed on a substrate to be processed, and formi... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7850441 | Mold structure There is provided a mold structure containing a substrate, and a plurality of convex portions formed in the shape of concentric circles at predetermined intervals on one surface of the substrate, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the convex portions with respect to... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7845931 | Polymerization technique to attenuate oxygen inhibition of solidification of liquids and composition therefor The present invention includes a method of solidifying a polymerizable liquid to form a film on a substrate that features minimizing inhibition of the polymerization process by oxygen contained in the atmosphere surrounding the polymerizable liquid. To that end, the... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7837459 | Method for fabricating dual damascene structures using photo-imprint lithography, methods for fabricating imprint lithography molds for dual damascene structures, materials for imprintable dielectrics and equipment for photo-imprint lithography used in dual damascene patterning The process of producing a dual damascene structure used for the interconnect architecture of semiconductor chips. More specifically the use of imprint lithography to fabricate dual damascene structures in a dielectric and the fabrication of dual damascene structure... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7819653 | Light transmissive stamper Provided is a light transmissive stamper which does not generate a residue of a curable resin even when the stamper including a support substrate and an inorganic resist is used to mold a substrate. The light transmissive stamper is used when an information pattern ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7819652 | Mold for nano-imprinting and method of manufacturing the same A nano-imprint mold and a method of manufacturing the same are provided, which can be used for replicating a nano-scaled structure to a polymer layer. The nano-imprint mold comprises: a substrate; a pattern portion having a prominence and depression pattern formed o... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7815430 | Mold, production process of mold, imprint apparatus, and imprint method A mold for imprinting a pattern onto a resin material applied onto a substrate is constituted by a mold substrate formed of a material transparent to light in at least a part of a wavelength range of light used for alignment, an alignment structure area having an al... | 10/19/2010 |
