Patent 8003296 was granted and assigned to Sumitomo Chemical on August, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention provides a chemically amplified positive composition comprising:(A) a resin comprising a structural unit having an acid-labile group and being itself insoluble or poorly soluble in an alkali aqueous solution but becoming soluble in an alkali aqueous solution by the action of an acid,(B) a resin comprising a structural unit represented by the formula (I):