Patent ID: 7524609

Claim:
A photosensitive composition, which comprises (A) a compound capable of generating an organic acid represented by formula (I) upon irradiation with actinic ray or radiation: Z—A—X—B—R—(Y) n (I) wherein Z represents an organic acid group; A represents a divalent linking group; X represents a divalent linking group having a hetero atom; B represents an oxygen atom or —N(R x )—; R x represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group; R represents a monovalent organic group substituted with Y, and when B represents —N(R x )—, R and R x may be bonded to each other to form a cyclic structure; Y represents —COOH or —CHO, and when a plurality of Y's are present, the plurality of Y's may be the same or different; and n represents an integer of from 1 to 3.