Patent ID: 8398320

Claim:
A computer readable non-transitory storage medium storing software, which, when executed, causes a computer to control a developing apparatus to conduct a sequence for performing a rinsing process on a substrate, after a developing process is performed on a light-exposed pattern disposed thereon, the sequence comprising, in a following order: a first step of throwing off a developing solution from the substrate after development; a second step of supplying, as a water-based cleaning liquid, purified water along with the developing solution onto the substrate to perform rinsing on the substrate; a third step of supplying a rinsing liquid onto the substrate without supplying the developing solution to replace liquid remaining on the substrate with the rinsing liquid; and a fourth step of rotating the substrate without supplying either the developing solution or the rinsing liquid thereto to expand and throw off the rinsing liquid on the substate, wherein the rinsing liquid consists essentially of purified water containing a surfactant at a concentration of 10,000 ppm or less, the third step supplies the rinsing liquid for a supply time of 5 seconds or less, and the fourth step includes a first period with a lower rotation number and a second period with a higher rotation number set in this order, such that the first period is a period rotating the substrate at a first rotation number of 300 to 1,000 rpm for a time of 5 to 15 seconds and the second period is a period of rotating the substrate at a second rotation number of 1,000 to 4,000 rpm for a time of 10 to 20 seconds.