Liquid recovery apparatus, exposure apparatus, exposure method, and device manufacturing method

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PATENT NO 8867017
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13751469

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A liquid immersion exposure apparatus that exposes a substrate via a projection optical system and liquid includes a movable member having an upper surface, a part of which holds the substrate. A liquid immersion system that has a supply port and a recovery port supplies the liquid to a space between the projection optical system and the upper surface via the supply port of a supply path and recovers the liquid of a liquid immersion region formed in the space via the recovery port of a recovery path. A flow path is connected to the supply path between the supply port and a source of the liquid, the flow path permitting flow therethrough to remove liquid that remains in the supply path, the liquid that remains in the supply path having been supplied from the source of the liquid without being discharged from the supply port.

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NIKON CORPORATION1-5-20 NISHIOI SHINAGAWA-KU TOKYO 1408601 ?1408601

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Arai, Dai Tokyo, JP 64 906
Hara, Hideaki Kumagaya, JP 69 695
Takaiwa, Hiroaki Kumagaya, JP 47 872

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