Patent ID: 7841787

Claim:
A rinsing method of rinsing a substrate processed by a developing process that forms a developer puddle on a resist film formed on the substrate and having an exposed pattern, said rinsing method comprising the steps of: discharging a rinsing liquid onto a central part of the substrate processed by the developing process and coated with the developer puddle while the substrate is stopped or rotated; stopping discharging the rinsing liquid in a state where the developer puddle remains at least in a peripheral part of the substrate; and rotating the substrate at a high rotating speed to shake the developer remaining on the substrate off the substrate together with the rinsing liquid, wherein the discharge of the rinsing liquid is stopped before the rinsing liquid spreading from the central part of the substrate reaches an edge of the substrate and the discharge of the rinsing liquid is stopped in the state where the developer puddle remains so as to form a closed loop inside of the peripheral part of the substrate.