ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,773, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SCREEN Holdings Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Substrate processing method and substrate processing apparatus" was invented by Takashi Izuta (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A substrate processing method includes a first chemical liquid step of supplying a first chemical liquid to the substrate, a rinsing step of supplying a rinse liquid to the substrate, a removal step of rotating the substrate in a state in which the supply of the rinse liquid is stopped, and discharging the rinse liquid from a recess portion, and removing the rinse liquid from the substrate, and a second chemical liqu...