Patent ID: 7449349
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: G03F

Abstract:
1. A process schedule creating method for creating a schedule at a time an inline apparatus, which has inline-connected first and second processing apparatuses and performs an inline process with those apparatuses, sequentially takes out objects to be processed from a plurality of containers retaining a plurality of objects to be processed, and performs single wafer processing on the objects, said method comprising the steps of: causing said first processing apparatus to acquire attribute information on each of all the objects retained in said plurality of containers, associated with a container retaining that object and a process condition; causing said first processing apparatus to acquire inside-container information associated with retained objects for each of said plurality of containers; causing said first processing apparatus to acquire information on a process condition in said second processing apparatus from said second processing apparatus; and causing said first processing apparatus to determine a processing order for said plurality of objects based on said attribute information, said inside-container information, process condition information of said first processing apparatus which said first processing apparatus has, and the process condition information of said second processing apparatus acquired from said second processing apparatus.