Patent ID: 7716818

Claim:
A method for transferring a substrate, comprising: providing a mounting apparatus including first and second substrate holding sections, a first substrate stage and a second substrate stage; moving the first and second substrate holding sections opposite to each other with an interval therebetween in a direction intersecting a transfer direction of a substrate to a first substrate taking-over position; moving the first substrate stage holding the substrate in the transfer direction so as to be disposed in the interval between the first and second substrate holding sections located in the first substrate taking-over position; delivering the substrate from the first substrate stage to the first and second substrate holding sections by releasing the substrate from the first substrate stage and holding the substrate with the first and second substrate holding sections; moving the first and second substrate holding sections holding the substrate from the first substrate taking-over position to a second substrate taking-over position; moving the second substrate stage in the transfer direction so as to be disposed in the interval between the first and second substrate holding sections located at the second substrate taking-over position; and delivering the substrate from the first and second substrate holding sections to the second substrate stage by releasing the substrate from the first and second substrate holding sections and holding the substrate with the second substrate stage.