Patent 7144675 was granted and assigned to JSR Corporation on December, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A radiation-sensitive resin composition comprising (A) a resin comprising at least two recurring units of the formulas (1)–(6) in the total amount of 5–70 mol %, but each in the amount of 1–49 mol %, the resin being insoluble or scarcely soluble in alkali, but becoming easily soluble in alkali by the action of an acid, and (B) a photoacid generator.