Patent ID: 8252505

Claim:
A resist composition comprising a base component (A) that exhibits changed solubility in an alkali developing solution under action of acid, and an acid generator component (B) that generates acid upon exposure, wherein said acid generator component (B) comprises an acid generator (B1) consisting of a compound represented by general formula (b1-2) shown below: A + Z − (b1-2) wherein A + represents an organic cation; and Z − represents an anionic cyclic group, wherein said cyclic group comprises an ester linkage within a ring structure thereof, two mutually different groups are bonded to said ring structure; one of said groups comprises an ester linkage in which a carbon atom that constitutes part of said ester linkage is bonded directly to said ring structure; and another of said groups comprises an anion moiety having an ester linkage in which the carbon atom that constitutes part of said ester linkage is not directly bonded to said ring structure.