Patent ID: 6919564

Claim:
An inspection apparatus for a circuit pattern, for inspecting a substrate on which a pattern has been formed by using a charged particle beam, wherein said apparatus has a monitor which displays a picture plane comprising: a first region to display a date and a time of an execution of an inspection and an operator's name, a second region in which a first sub-region to specific an instruction and a second sub-region to display an information of the inspection, for use in said execution of the inspection, are arranged, and a third region in which regions to specify at least modes for inspecting conditions, an inspection execution, and a result confirmation included in said execution of the inspection, are arranged, wherein said monitor displays in a manner such that said first region is arranged in an upper portion of said picture plane, said second region is arranged in a center portion of said picture plane, and said third region is arranged in a lower portion of said picture plane; wherein said first and third regions always display the same contents at predetermined positions irrespective of the progress of the execution of an inspection; and wherein said second region displays information which changes in dependence on the progress of the execution of the inspection or at least one instruction button which changes in dependence on the progress of the execution of an inspection.