Pattern forming device and semiconductor device manufacturing method

A pattern forming device, which uses a template having a body with side surfaces, and a pattern arranged on a major surface of the body and having a plurality of depressions and a plurality of protrusions formed thereon to map the shape of the pattern to a resin on a substrate, the pattern forming device comprising:

• a holding portion configured to hold the body and being positionable adjacent to a major surface of the body opposite the major surface having the pattern, the holding portion having at least two independently moveable contact portions that are positioned and arranged to engage a side surface of the template through a contact friction reducing film, each of the at least two independently moveable contact portions has at least two protruding portions separated by a gap there between, and the at least two independently moveable contact portions are each coupled to an actuator, and the actuators move the at least two independently moveable contact portions relative to the body.