Patent ID: 9111974
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G06Q,H01L

Abstract:
1. A manufacturing method comprising: transferring a container with a first substrate holder provided in the container from a production plant to a substrate supplier that sells a substrate provided with a thin-film transistor; manufacturing the substrate by the substrate supplier based on an order from the production plant; replacing the first substrate holder provided in the container with a second substrate holder which is different in a size from the first substrate holder to provide the second substrate holder in the container depending on a size of the substrate in the substrate supplier; storing the substrate in the container in an atmosphere where electrostatic is eliminated by an ionizer in the substrate supplier by holding the substrate by the second substrate holder; transferring the substrate stored in the container to the production plant from the substrate supplier; installing the container in a treatment apparatus in the production plant to introduce the substrate into the treatment apparatus in the production plant; and performing a treatment on the substrate in the treatment apparatus in the production plant, wherein the substrate supplier is outside the production plant, and wherein the container that has been used at the production plant is recalled and recycled by the substrate supplier.