ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,425, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Molding apparatus and article manufacturing method" was invented by Yoshihiro Shiode (Tochigi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a molding apparatus that molds a composition on a substrate by using a mold, characterized by including a control unit configured to control a process of forming a film of the composition between a first surface of the mold and the substrate by bringing the first surface into contact with the composition, and a deforming unit configured to deform the first surface into a convex shape with respect to a substrate side by applyin...