Patent ID: 7465217

Claim:
A method for arranging hard abrasive grains for use in a CMP conditioner, comprising the steps of: holding a plurality of hard abrasive grains, in a regularly arranged state, on a holding member comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet; and transferring the hard abrasive grains held on the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet onto the surface of a support member for constituting the CMP conditioner, wherein said pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet has a first adhesive for holding the hard abrasive grains and said support member has on its surface a second adhesive for holding the hard abrasive grains which is different from said first adhesive in solubility, dissolving only said first adhesive on said pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet thereby removing only said pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet from said hard abrasive grains held by said second adhesive on said support member.