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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 200480035901', 'Application No. 2005', 'Application No. 201110089902', 'Application No. 2011', 'Application No. 093116810', 'Application No. 2005', 'Application No. 200480035901', 'Application No. 2004', 'Application No. 176057', 'Application No. 04746086', 'Application No. 04801655']

Patent US8208117 - Exposure method, substrate stage, exposure apparatus, and device ... - Google Patents
An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate by projecting a pattern image onto the substrate through a liquid. The exposure apparatus includes a projection optical system by which the pattern image is projected onto the substrate, and a movable member which is movable relative to the projection optical...http://www.google.com/patents/US8208117?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8208117 - Exposure method, substrate stage, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method
Publication number US8208117 B2
Application number US 12/232,063
Also published as EP1641028A1, EP1641028A4, EP1641028B1, EP2738792A2, EP2738792A3, EP2738792B1, EP2937893A1, EP2937893B1, EP3104396A1, US7483119, US8040491, US8384880, US9019467, US9268237, US20060139614, US20060227312, US20080117394, US20090015808, US20090015816, US20130141701, US20130141703, US20150301457, WO2004112108A1
Publication number 12232063, 232063, US 8208117 B2, US 8208117B2, US-B2-8208117, US8208117 B2, US8208117B2
Inventors Soichi Owa, Nobutaka Magome, Shigeru Hirukawa, Yoshihiko Kudo, Jiro Inoue, Hirotaka Kohno, Masahiro Nei, Motokatsu Imai, Hiroyuki Nagasaka, Kenichi Shiraishi, Yasufumi Nishii, Hiroaki Takaiwa
Patent Citations (248), Non-Patent Citations (48), Classifications (22), Legal Events (1)
US 8208117 B2
exposing a substrate by an exposure apparatus according to claim 1.
This is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/297,324 filed Dec. 9, 2005, which in turn is a. Continuation of International Application No. PCT/JP2004/008578, filed Jun. 11, 2004, which claims priority to Japanese Patent Application Nos. 2003-169904 (filed on Jun. 13, 2003), 2003-383887 (filed on Nov. 13, 2003), and 2004-039654 (filed on Feb. 17, 2004). The disclosures of the aforementioned applications are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.
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U.S. Classification 355/30, 355/55, 355/73, 355/53, 355/67, 355/72
International Classification G03B27/52, G03B27/42, G03F7/20, G03B27/58, G03B27/54, G03B27/60
Cooperative Classification G03F7/70716, G03F7/707, G03B27/58, G03F7/2041, G03F7/70341
European Classification G03F7/20F, G03F7/70F24, G03F7/70N2, G03F7/70N4, G03B27/58