Patent 7179723 was granted and assigned to Disco Corporation on February, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A laser beam processing method for processing a wafer by applying a laser beam to a predetermined area, comprising the steps of forming a resin film which absorbs a laser beam, on the surface to be processed of the wafer; applying a laser beam to the surface to be processed of the wafer through the resin film; and removing the resin film after the laser beam application step.