Patents by Inventor Yusuke Kaneto

Yusuke Kaneto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12353127
    Abstract: The present invention provides an imprint apparatus for performing an imprint process of forming a pattern of an imprint material in a plurality of shot regions on a substrate using a mold, including a control unit configured to perform a first operation of, while driving the substrate such that a target shot region in the plurality of shot regions is located at a first position facing the mold, supplying a gas such that an amount of the gas between the mold and the target shot region becomes a reference amount, and a second operation of, after the first operation, if an error that it is estimated that the amount of the gas supplied between the mold and the target shot region does not reach the reference amount is generated, performing a process corresponding to the error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Kaneto, Masato Shichijo
  • Publication number: 20220334471
    Abstract: The present invention provides an imprint apparatus for performing an imprint process of forming a pattern of an imprint material in a plurality of shot regions on a substrate using a mold, including a control unit configured to perform a first operation of, while driving the substrate such that a target shot region in the plurality of shot regions is located at a first position facing the mold, supplying a gas such that an amount of the gas between the mold and the target shot region becomes a reference amount, and a second operation of, after the first operation, if an error that it is estimated that the amount of the gas supplied between the mold and the target shot region does not reach the reference amount is generated, performing a process corresponding to the error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Yusuke Kaneto, Masato Shichijo