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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2000
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a coating method for forming a film of a coating material on a substrate by supplying the coating material from a coating unit to the substrate held by a stage while the coating unit is moved relative to the stage, the stage includes a substrate-holding section and a peripheral section which has a surface higher than that of the substrate-holding section. The coating method includes the steps of mounting the substrate on the substrate-holding section of the stage; forming the film of the coating material so that the coating covers the substrate and extends to the peripheral section; and removing the coating material remaining in the peripheral section by a coating material removing unit after the substrate provided with the film is dismounted from the stage.