Patent ID: 7982857

Claim:
An exposure apparatus comprising: a projection optical system by which an image of a pattern is projected onto an upper surface of a substrate; and a stage apparatus, the stage apparatus including: a holder having a substrate holding surface on which the substrate is held: a member—that is disposed in a vicinity of the holder radially outward of an outer circumferential part of the substrate held by the holder, the member including a protruding portion that protrudes radially inward toward and opposes a side surface of the outer circumferential part of the substrate held on the holder such that a gap is provided between the protruding portion and the side surface of the outer circumferential part of the substrate held by the holder, the protruding portion having a downward facing lyophilic surface that faces downward and is disposed lower than the upper surface of the substrate held by the holder; and a recovery device that recovers the liquid leaked from the gap using the lyophilic surface.