Patent ID: 7709177

Claim:
A method comprising: disposing on a surface of an electronic device, a polymeric resin which is a novolac material; said polymeric resin containing: a covalently bonded chromophore used to modulate the optical properties of said material and a variety of wavelengths; a polyfunctionalized crosslinking agent selected from the group consisting of mono-, di-, multi hydroxy substituted methylphenols, aminoplasts, urea resins, glycoluril resins, melamines; and a thermal acid generator comprising compounds that undergo catastrophic decomposition at a given threshold temperature that results in the formation of one or more molecules of a strong acid; curing said polymeric resin to a predetermined degree of crosslinking disposing on said polymeric resin a resist material, said predetermined degree of crosslinking being sufficient to substantially prevent said resist material from intermixing with said polymeric resin; exposing said resist material to a pattern of energy selected from the group consisting of electromagnetic radiation and particle beam, to form a pattern of exposed and unexposed regions in said resist; developing said pattern to remove either said exposed or said unexposed regions of said resist to expose said layer of polymeric resin where said resist is removed; emoving said layer of polymeric resin where said resist is removed to leave on said electronic device a bilayer of said polymeric resin and said resist having a pattern therein having regions within which said surface of said electronic device is exposed.