Patent ID: 8530598

Claim:
A fluorine-containing resin comprising: a structural unit (f1), which is at least one member selected from the group consisting of: (i) a structural unit having a group represented by formula (f1-1-0), wherein R 2 represents an organic group having a fluorine atom, with the proviso that the carbon atom within the —C(═O)— moiety is not directly bonded to a main chain of the structural unit (i), (ii) a structural unit that includes an acid dissociable, dissolution inhibiting group-containing group having a fluorine atom, and (iii) a structural unit containing a non-acid dissociable cyclic alkyl group in which at least one hydrogen atom is replaced with a fluorine atom, a structural unit (f2) containing a hydrophilic group-containing aliphatic hydrocarbon group, and a structural unit (f3) represented by formula (f3-1), wherein: R represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms or a halogenated lower alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms; Y 1 represents an aliphatic cyclic group; Z represents a tertiary alkyl group-containing, chain-like alkyl group in which a branched tertiary alkyl group is bonded to a linear or branched alkylene group, a chain-like tertiary alkyloxycarbonyl group, a chain-like tertiary alkyloxycarbonylalkyl group or an alkoxyalkyl group; a represents an integer of 1 to 3, and b represents an integer of 0 to 2, with the proviso that a+b=1 to 3; and each of c, d and e independently represents an integer of 0 to 3.