Patent 7838206 was granted and assigned to Dainippon Screen Mfg Co on November, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A substrate processing method according to the present invention is to be applied for stripping and removing, from the surface of a substrate, a resist no longer required. According to the substrate processing method, a resist stripping liquid is supplied to the center portion of the surface of a substrate held by a substrate holding unit. An organic solvent liquid is supplied to the peripheral edge portion of the surface of the substrate held by the substrate holding unit.