US 6,964,840 C1 (6550th)
RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION
Yukio Nishimura, Mie, Japan; Noboru Yamahara, Mie, Japan; Masafumi Yamamoto, Mie, Japan; Toru Kajita, Mie, Japan; Tsutomu Shimokawa, Mie, Japan, and Hiroshi Ito, San Jose, Calif., assignors to JSR Corporation, Chuo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan, and International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y.
Reexamination Request No. 90/008,465, Feb. 1, 2007.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 6,964,840, issued Nov. 15, 2005, Appl. No. 867,892, Jun. 16, 2004.
Continuation of application No. 09/879,894, filed on Jun. 14, 2001, now Pat. No. 6,800,414.
Claims priority, application Japan, Jun. 16, 2000, 2000-182297; Apr. 6, 2001, 2001-108824
Int. Cl. G03F 7/004;7/039 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 430—270.1
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 2-3 is confirmed.
Claim 1 is determined to be patentable as amended.
New claims 7-11 are added and determined to be patentable.
Claims 4-6 were not reexamined.
1. A radiation-sensitive resin composition comprising:
[A.](A) an acid-labile group-containing resin containing a recurring unit of the following formula (1), 1. A radiation-sensitive resin composition comprising:
[A.](A) an acid-labile group-containing resin containing a recurring unit of the following formula (1),
math complex work unit
wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent acid-labile group, X1 represents a linear or branched fluoroalkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a linear or branched alkyl group having 1-10 carbon atoms, or a linear or branched fluoroalkyl group [hving]having 1-10 carbon atoms, and
a recurring unit represented by the following formula (2), 1. A radiation-sensitive resin composition comprising:
[A.](A) an acid-labile group-containing resin containing a recurring unit of the following formula (1),
math complex work unit
wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent acid-labile group, X1 represents a linear or branched fluoroalkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a linear or branched alkyl group having 1-10 carbon atoms, or a linear or branched fluoroalkyl group [hving]having 1-10 carbon atoms, and
a recurring unit represented by the following formula (2),
math complex work unit
wherein any two of the R3 groups form, in combination and together with the carbon atom with which these groups bond, a divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 4-20 carbon atoms or a derivative thereof, with the remaining R3 group being a linear or branched alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms or a monovalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 4-20 carbon atoms or derivative thereof, [and]
(B) a photoacid generator, and
(C) a nitrogen-containing organic compound as an acid diffusion controller.