Application N0.: 14/281,943
`Amendment Dated March 20, 2017
`Reply to Office Action of January 9, 2017
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`Amendments to the Claims:
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`This listing of claims will replace all prior versions and listings of claims in the
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`application.
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`Listing of Claims:
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`1.
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`(Withdrawn) A method for forming fine patterns, comprising:
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`holding, by a holding member, a sheet—like deformable thin~plate mold with fine
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`patterns having been predeterminedly formed, above a UV—light-transparent substrate such
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`that a UV hardening resin has been applied beforehand on a surface thereof, in such a manner
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`that the mold is at a predetermined angle inclined with tension being applied;
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`letting a surface of the thin-plate mold serially get in contact with the UV hardening
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`resin by allowing, after a first pressing roll installed above the thin—plate mold is allowed to
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`descend from above the thin—plate mold, the first pressing roll to relatively move concerning the
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`substrate in a lateral direction while pressing, by the first pressing roll, the thin—plate mold
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`against the UV hardening resin with a predetermined pressure;
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`letting the UV hardening resin, which has been applied onto the substrate, harden by
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`irradiating, with UV light from below the substrate, a contact part of the thin—plate mold and the
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`UV hardening resin; and
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`allowing the thin~plate mold to get released from the substrate.
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`2.
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`(Withdrawn) A method for forming fine patterns according to claim 1, wherein
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`the thin—plate mold is being held, by the holding member, above the substrate so as to
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`be at the predetermined angle inclined with the tension being applied, in such a state that one
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`end of the thin-plate mold is connected to a supporting stand that supports the substrate.
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`3.
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`(Withdrawn) A method for forming fine patterns according to claim 1, wherein
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`when the thin—plate mold is allowed to get released from the substrate, the thin-plate
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`mold is, by allowing the first pressing roll to relatively move in a direction reverse to the lateral
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`direction, allowed to serially get released from the substrate.
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`4.
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`(Withdrawn) A method for forming fine patterns according to claim 1, wherein
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`when the first pressing roll is allowed to relatively move concerning the substrate, the
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`angle between the thin-plate mold and the surface of the substrate is kept constant by allowing
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`the holding member, which holds the thin-plate mold, to move in a vertical direction in
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`synchronization with movement of the first pressing roll.
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`5.
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`(Withdrawn) A method for forming fine patterns according to claim 1, wherein
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`after a second pressing roll, which has been, above the thin—plate mold, installed on an
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`opposite side of the holding member with reference to a position of the first pressing roll, is
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`allowed to descend in synchronization with descent of the first pressing roll, the thin—plate mold
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`is pressed by the second pressing roll with a predetermined pressure.
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`6.
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`(Withdrawn) A method for forming fine patterns according to claim 5, wherein
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`the UV hardening resin, which is between the first pressing roll and the second pressing
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`roll, is irradiated with the UV light.
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`7.
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`(Withdrawn) A method for forming fine patterns according to claim 1, wherein
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`when irradiation with the UV light is carried out from below the substrate, the irradiation
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`with the UV light is carried out via a light—shielding mask that is installed below the substrate.
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`8.
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`(Withdrawn) A method for forming fine patterns according to claim 1, wherein
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`'when the substrate is irradiated with the UV light, irradiation is carried out while a UV
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`light source used for the irradiation is allowed to vibrate in a substrate width direction vertical
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`to a relative movement direction of the first pressing roll.
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`9.
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`(Withdrawn) A method for forming fine patterns according to claim 7, wherein
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`as the UV light source, a light source is used such that a spread angle is collimated so as
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`to be equal to or less than 5 degrees.
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`10.
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`(Withdrawn) A method for forming fine patterns according to claim 7, wherein
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`a spacer that has a constant thickness, or a film that has fine protrusions is inserted
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`between the substrate and the light-shielding mask, and between the light—shielding mask and
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`a supporting stand that supports the substrate.
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`11.
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`(Currently Amended) A device for forming fine patterns, comprising:
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`a UV—light—transparent substrate such that a UV hardening resin has been applied
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`beforehand on a surface thereof;
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`a supporting stand that supports the substrate;
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`a sheet—like deformable thin—plate mold with fine patterns having been predeterminedly
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`formed, which is arranged on the substrate;
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`a first pressing roll, which is arranged above the thin—plate mold and is able to ascend
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`and descend with reference to the substrate; and
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`a UV light source that is installed below the substrate, wherein
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`the supporting stand is, along with the thin—plate mold, relatWely—movable eeneerning
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`the—fiest—pressmgrewm a lateral direetienranddirection,
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`when the first pressing roll presses the thin—plate mold, at least one end side of the thin-
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`plate mold is, lay—theby a holding member, lifted eeneemmgWUV—hardeningresifig
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`at a predetermined position on another end side of the thin—plate mold, the thin—plate
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`mold is being_pressed against the UV hardening resin by a second pressing roll,
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`when the UV hardening resin on the surface of the substrate is irradiated with UV light
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`from the UV light source, in such a state that the first pressing roll and the secondpressing roll
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`are being fixed in the lateral direction, the supporting stand is allowed to move in the lateral
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`direction, and the UV hardening resin is irradiated with the UV light from the UV light source,
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`and.
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`an angle between the thin—place mold and the surface of the substrate is kept constant
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`by allowing the holding member to move in a vertical direction in synchronization with
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`movement of the first pressing roll.
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`Application No.: 14/281,943
`Amendment Dated March 20, 2017
`Reply to Office Action of January 9, 2017
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`MTS—3687US
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`12.
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`(Currently Amended) A device for forming fine patterns according to claim 11,
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`wherein
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`the UV hardening resin, which is between the first pressing roll and the second pressing
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`roll, is irradiated with the UV light from the UV light source.
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