Patent ID: 8148044

Claim:
A positive photosensitive composition comprising at least one compound that when exposed to actinic rays or radiation, generates any of the sulfonic acids of general formula (I) and a resin whose solubility in an alkali developer is increased by the action of an acid, wherein each of X 1 and X 2 independently represents a fluorine atom or a fluoroalkyl group; R 1 represents a group with a polycyclic structure, provided that the polycyclic structure may have a substituent; and R 2 represents a hydrogen atom, a chain alkyl group, a monocyclic alkyl group, a group with a polycyclic structure or a monocyclic aryl group, provided that each of the chain alkyl group, monocyclic alkyl group, polycyclic structure and monocyclic aryl group may have a substituent, and provided that R 1 and R 2 may be bonded to each other to thereby form a polycyclic structure.