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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:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C 1/73 ; C08J 3/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C 1/73 ; C08J 3/28 ;
Abstract
The pattern forming material of the present invention includes a polymer having a group which generates an acid when the polymer is irradiated with an energy beam or heated and a compound which generates a base when the compound is irradiated with an energy beam. The polymer is a binary polymer or a polymer of a higher degree obtained by polymerizing another group with a compound represented by the following general formula: