Patent ID: 8715900

Claim:
A layer forming polymer composition, comprising: a self-imageable polymer including norbornene-type repeating units and maleic anhydride-type repeating units, where: such norbornene-type repeating units are represented by Formula Ia, which are derived from norbornene-type monomers represented by Formula I: where m is 0, 1 or 2, each R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 for the said norbornene-type repeating unit is independently a hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl pendent group; such maleic anhydride-type of repeating units are represented by one or more of Formulae IIIa and IIIb, which are derived from maleic anhydride monomers represented by Formula III: where R 5 and R 6 are each independently one of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, a fluorinated or perfluorinated methyl or ethyl, a linear or branched C 3 -C 9 hydrocarbyl group, a linear or branched fluorinated or perfluorinated C 3 -C 9 hydrocarbyl group or a C 6 -C 18 substituted or unsubstituted cyclic or polycyclic hydrocarbyl group; R 7 and R 8 are the same or different and are selected from hydrogen, methyl and ethyl; a photo active compound; an epoxy resin comprising at least two epoxy groups; and a solvent.