Patent ID: 7235135

Claim:
A substrate processing apparatus comprising: a substrate holding device for holding a substrate; a first container having an opening portion disposed so that said opening portion is opposed to a surface, to be processed, of the substrate; a driving device for moving said first container or said substrate holding device between: a position at which said first container approaches the substrate or a position at which the substrate enters said first container; and a position at which said container is positioned away from the substrate; a first treatment liquid supply device for bringing the surface, to be processed, of the substrate, which has approached or entered said first container, into a first treatment liquid; a covering member for covering said opening portion of said first container at said position at which said first container is positioned away from the substrate; a second treatment liquid supply device for bringing the surface, to be processed, of the substrate into a second treatment liquid in a state in which said opening portion of said first container is covered with said covering member; and a second container for holding said second treatment liquid supplied to the surface, to be processed, of the substrate from said second treatment liquid supply device, said second container surrounding said first container.