Patent ID: 7288466

Claim:
A processing method for selectively exposing a whole first region of a film formed on a substrate, comprising: relatively scanning a first exposure light whose shape on the substrate is smaller than the whole first region against the whole first region to selectively expose the first region; and exposing a whole second region to be exposed inside the whole first region with a second exposure light to selectively expose the whole second region, wherein exposing with at least one of the first exposure light and the second exposure light is performed with the corresponding exposure region being immersed in a flowing liquid, and the liquid on a surface of the substrate flows in an antiparallel direction against the scan direction of the first exposure light when the first region is exposed with the first exposure light, and the liquid on the surface of the substrate flows in a parallel direction against the scan direction of the first exposure light and in an antiparallel direction against the scan direction of the second exposure light when the second region is exposed with the second exposure light.