Patent ID: 8393808

Claim:
A developing method for developing a substrate, said method comprising: providing a substrate having a surface coated with a resist that has been exposed; rotating the substrate about a vertical axis while holding the substrate horizontally; supplying a developing liquid from a discharge port of a developer nozzle onto the surface of the rotating substrate, while moving the developer nozzle, disposed above the rotating substrate, from a central portion towards a peripheral portion of the rotating substrate; and supplying a first rinse liquid from a discharge port of a first rinse nozzle onto the surface of the rotating substrate, while moving the first rinse nozzle, disposed above the rotating substrate, from the central portion towards the peripheral portion of the rotating substrate; wherein the supplying of the developing liquid and the supplying of the first rinse liquid are performed concurrently, while the first rinse nozzle is maintained nearer to a center of the rotating substrate than the developer nozzle.