Patent ID: 8496761

Claim:
A substrate processing method for processing a substrate in a substrate processing apparatus that is arranged adjacent to an exposure device that applies exposure processing to the substrate by a liquid immersion method, and comprises a processing section that includes a first processing unit, a development processing unit, and an interface that includes a second processing unit, the method comprising the steps of: forming a photosensitive film made of a photosensitive material on the substrate by said first processing unit in said processing section; transporting the substrate after the formation of the photosensitive film by said first processing unit to said exposure device; transporting the substrate after the exposure processing by said exposure device to said second processing unit in said interface; supplying pure water to a surface of the photosensitive film to which a liquid used in the exposure processing by the liquid immersion method is adhered on the substrate after the exposure processing in said second processing unit; drying the substrate after the supply of the pure water in said second processing unit; applying thermal processing to the dried substrate; and applying development processing to the thermally treated substrate by said development processing unit.