Patent 6998571 was granted and assigned to Disco Corporation on February, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A laser beam processing machine comprising a chuck table for holding a workpiece and a laser beam application means for applying a laser beam to the workpiece held on the chuck table, wherein the machine further comprises a protective film forming means for forming a protective film on the to-be-processed surface of the workpiece before laser beam processing.