An imprint apparatus performing a pattern formation on an imprint material on a substrate by bringing the imprint material on the substrate and a mold into contact with each other, includes: an imprint unit configured to perform the pattern formation; and a control unit configured to control an operation of the imprint unit, in which the control unit performs a control such that the pattern formation is performed on all shot regions, in which no foreign substance exists, on a plurality of substrates using a first mold based on a foreign substance information on the substrate, and then the pattern formation is performed on all shot regions where the foreign substance exists on the plurality of substrates using a second mold different from the first mold.

An imprint apparatus that performs an imprint process of forming a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate using a mold, the apparatus including a control unit configured to control a mold driving unit and a substrate driving unit, and the imprint process including curing the imprint material, and releasing the mold from the cured imprint material, wherein the control unit includes a compensator configured to feedback-control driving of at least one of the mold driving unit and the substrate driving unit such that a positional relationship between the mold and the substrate in the releasing is maintained at a positional relationship between the mold and the substrate in the curing, and makes a gain of the compensator in the releasing smaller than a gain of the compensator in a step of the imprint process other than the releasing.

A method for conveying a substrate from a first to a second apparatus is provided. Material is applied to the substrate when on the first apparatus. A substrate conveyance apparatus including first and second holding portions is used. As a first step, the substrate is transferred from a first apparatus placement surface to the substrate conveyance apparatus. The substrate is then conveyed from the first apparatus to the second apparatus. The substrate is then transferred from the first holding portion to the second apparatus. In the first step, raising the first holding portion in a state where the first holding portion is inserted in a space under the substrate causes the first holding portion to hold the substrate, and the second holding portion to hold a protection member by holding a holding and receiving portion provided on a protection member surface opposite to a protection member surface facing the substrate.

A cup having a cup opening surrounded by a rim, a bottom opposite the cup opening, a longitudinal axis extending from the cup opening to the bottom, an upper portion disposed closer to the rim than to the bottom and having an outer surface and an inner surface, the upper portion either having a constant diameter or the upper portion being frustoconical and tapering from an upper diameter to a lower diameter, an intermediate portion disposed between the upper portion and the base, the intermediate portion having an outer surface and an inner surface, the intermediate portion either having a constant diameter or the intermediate portion being frustoconical and tapering from an upper diameter to a lower diameter, each diameter of the upper portion being greater than each diameter of the intermediate portion, wherein a sequence of characters is provided on the outer surface of the upper portion projecting above other portions of the outer surface.

An imprint apparatus executes an imprint process for shaping an imprint material by using a mold. The apparatus includes a controller which obtains first height distribution information indicating a height distribution of a surface of a first substrate, and a measuring device which obtains second height distribution information indicating a height distribution of a surface of a second substrate. The controller controls the imprint process based on corrected height distribution information which is obtained by removing a first component that is an approximation function, of an order not more than a first predetermined order, for approximating the first height distribution information, from the first height distribution information, and a second component which is an approximation function, of an order not more than a second predetermined order, for approximating the second height distribution information.

Forming features in the surface of a bicycle component involves depositing a substance onto a substrate in a geometric pattern to form a transfer medium. Forming features may also involve positioning the transfer medium relative to an unformed bicycle component, and forming a negative of the geometric pattern in the bicycle component through the application of heat and/or pressure to the transfer medium and the unformed bicycle component. The transfer medium may be configured for use in the molding of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (“CFRP”) bicycle components and may include a substrate formed of a flexible material, and a geometric pattern formed of a hard material, the hard material different than the flexible material.

A polymeric article includes a body and encoded visual indicia formed on the body. The encoded visual indicia may be scanned to generate instructions. A method of providing the polymeric article includes applying polymeric materials to a mold to provide an article-blank web having formed therein an article preform of a desired shape with encoded visual indicia formed in the article preform.

A polymeric article includes a body and encoded visual indicia formed on the body. The encoded visual indicia may be scanned to generate instructions. A method of providing the polymeric article includes applying polymeric materials to a mold to provide an article-blank web having formed therein an article preform of a desired shape with encoded visual indicia formed in the article preform.

A periodontal tissue regeneration inducer and an apparatus and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The periodontal tissue regeneration inducer includes a sheet body formed of a flexible material, and a pattern layer having a pattern formed therein to facilitate bone formation or regeneration on a surface of the sheet body. Therefore, the periodontal tissue regeneration inducer and the apparatus and method for manufacturing the same have an advantage in that the bone formation or regeneration may be facilitated during implant surgery because the membrane sheet is composed of a polycaprolactone (PCL) material and a nanopattern is formed on a surface of the pattern layer.

An imprint apparatus according to the present invention includes a controller configured to perform a contacting step of moving at least one of a mold holding unit and a substrate holding unit by at least one of a mold driving unit and a substrate driving unit such that a mold and an imprint material on a substrate surface are brought into contact with each other, an obtaining step of obtaining a driving force in a first direction parallel to the substrate surface for the substrate holding unit by the substrate driving unit after performing the contacting step, and a tilt correcting step of rotating the mold holding unit about a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in the substrate surface by the mold driving unit based on a magnitude of the driving force obtained in the obtaining step.