US Patent Issued to Canon on Dec. 9 for "Forming apparatus, forming method, and article manufacturing method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,666, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Forming apparatus, forming method, and article manufacturing method" was invented by Yousuke Kondo (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a case where it is determined that forming processing can be performed, a curable composition on a substrate is cured by a first curing unit in a state where a member is in contact with the curable composition, the member is separated, and the curable composition is further cured by a second curing unit. In a case where it is determined that the forming processing cannot be performed, the curable composition is cured by the secon...