# US 2026/0061691 A1 · Imprint device, imprint method, storage medium, and article manufacturing method

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- Number: US 2026/0061691 A1
- Document ID: US20260061691A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 19/384,138
- Filed: 2025-11-10
- Published: 2026-03-05
- Earliest claimed: 2021-06-07
- Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: YOSUKE MURAKAMI; KAZUKI NAKAGAWA; MASAHIRO TAMURA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260061691A1

## CPC

- B29C 59/02: by mechanical means, e.g. pressing {(B29C59/007 takes precedence; embossing expanded porous articles B29C44/5627)}
- B29C 59/002: {Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations}
- G03F 7/0002: {Lithographic processes using patterning methods other than those involving the exposure to radiation, e.g. by stamping}
- B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00)
- G03F: PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR; (phototypographic composing devices B41B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; electrophotography, sensitive layers or processes therefor G03G)

## Abstract

A device including a mold holding unit that holds a mold, a mold driver that moves the mold holding unit, a substrate holding unit that holds a substrate, a substrate driver that moves the substrate holding unit, and a gas supply unit that supplies a gas to an imprint space between the mold and the substrate. A control unit causes an imprinting operation to be sequentially performed on a plurality of imprint regions. When a substrate moving direction is to be changed from a first to a second direction to move the substrate from a first to a second imprint region, the control unit causes the gas supply unit to supply the gas to the imprint space from the first and second directions during the imprinting operation being performed on the first imprint region and before the moving direction changes from the first to the second direction.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An imprint device comprising:
a mold holding unit configured to holding a mold;
a substrate holding unit configured to holding a substrate; and
at least one processor or circuit configured to function as:
a gas supply unit configured to supply a gas to an imprint space between the mold and the substrate; and
a control unit configured to control the gas supply unit and an imprinting operation,
wherein the control unit is configured to sequentially perform imprinting on a plurality of imprint regions of the substrate, and
wherein the control unit is configured to determine the imprinting order such that an amount of change of a moving direction of the substrate between sequential imprint regions is equal to or less than 90 degrees on the basis of position information of the plurality of imprint regions on the substrate.

### Claim 2

An imprint method using an imprint device including a mold holding unit configured to holding a mold, a substrate holding unit configured to holding a substrate, and a gas supply unit configured to supply a gas to an imprint space between the mold and the substrate, the imprint method comprising:
an imprinting step of sequentially performing imprinting on a plurality of imprint regions of the substrate; and
a gas supply step of, when a moving direction of the substrate between the imprint regions is changed from a first direction to a second direction, supplying a gas to the imprint space in the first direction and the second direction using the gas supply unit during the imprinting operation on the imprint region before the change in the moving direction.

### Claim 3

An imprint method using an imprint device including a mold holding unit configured to holding a mold, a substrate holding unit configured to holding a substrate, and a gas supply unit configured to supply a gas to an imprint space between the mold and the substrate, the imprint method comprising:
an imprinting step of sequentially performing imprinting on a plurality of imprint regions of the substrate; and
a determination step of determining the imprinting order such that an amount of change of a moving direction of the substrate between sequential imprint regions is equal to or less than 90 degrees on the basis of position information of the plurality of imprint regions on the substrate.

### Claim 4

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to store a computer program to control an imprint device,
wherein the imprint device includes:
a mold holding unit configured to holding a mold;
a substrate holding unit configured to holding a substrate;
a gas supply unit configured to supply a gas to an imprint space between the mold and the substrate; and
a control unit configured to control the gas supply unit and an imprinting operation,
wherein the computer program comprises instructions for executing following processes:
an imprinting step of sequentially performing imprinting on a plurality of imprint regions of the substrate; and
a control step of, when a moving direction of the substrate between the imprint regions is changed from a first direction to a second direction, supplying a gas to the imprint space in the first direction and the second direction using the gas supply unit during the imprinting operation on the imprint region before the change in the moving direction.

### Claim 5

An article manufacturing method using an imprint device including:
a mold holding unit configured to holding a mold;
a substrate holding unit configured to holding a substrate;
a gas supply unit configured to supply a gas to an imprint space between the mold and the substrate; and
a control unit configured to control the gas supply unit and an imprinting operation,
wherein the article manufacturing method comprises:
an imprinting step of sequentially performing imprinting on a plurality of imprint regions of the substrate;
a control step of, when a moving direction of the substrate between the imprint regions is changed from a first direction to a second direction, supplying a gas to the imprint space in the first direction and the second direction using the gas supply unit during the imprinting operation on the imprint region before the change in the moving direction; and
a processing step of manufacturing an article from the substrate on which imprinting has been performed in the imprinting step.