Patent ID: 8105738

Claim:
A developing method comprising: forming a first resist pattern on a surface of a substrate; forming a resist film on the surface of the substrate to coat the first resist pattern; exposing the substrate formed with the resist film; and developing the substrate exposed at the exposing step to form a second resist pattern with the resist film while the first resist pattern remains, wherein the developing further comprising: a first process that supplies a developer to the surface of the substrate and develops the substrate for a first time period in a state where the substrate of which the surface is supplied with the developer stops; and a second process that develops the substrate by supplying the developer to the surface of the substrate for a second time period while rotating the substrate, after the first process, wherein a time ratio of the first time period to the second time period is adjusted so that a critical dimension of the remaining first resist pattern is equal to a first predetermined value, and a total time of the first time period and the second time period is adjusted so that a critical dimension of the formed second resist pattern is equal to a second predetermined value.