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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Shipley Company, L.L.C., Marlborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430192 ; 430190 ; 430193 ;
Abstract
A photoresist composition comprising an alkali soluble resin and an ortho-naphthoquinone diazide sulfonic acid ester of a polyhydroxy alcohol. The photoresist is characterized by having at least a portion of its free hydroxyl groups on the photoactive compound blocked with an acid labile blocking group that generates a hydroxide upon cleavage.