US 2016/0223905 Al  12  Aug. 4, 2016  -continued  LCl-8  -continued  LCl-16  LCl-17  SLl-1  SLl-2  LCl-9  LCl-10  LCl-11  LCl-12  [011 OJ  The lactone structure moiety or the sultone structure  moiety may or may not have a substituent (Rb$_{2}$ ).  Preferred  examples of the substituent (Rb$_{2}$ )  include an alkyl group  having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 4 to 7  carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an  alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, a carboxyl  group, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, and  an acid-decomposable group. Among these, an alkyl group  having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a cyano group, and an acid› decomposable group are more preferable. n$_{2 }$ represents an  integer ofO to 4. When n$_{2 }$ is 2 or more, the substituents (Rb$_{2}$ )  which are present in plural numbers may be the same as or  different from each other, and further, the substituents (Rb$_{2}$ )  which are present in plural numbers may be bonded to each  other to form a ring.  LCl-13  [0111]  It is preferable that the resin (A) contains a repeating  unit having a lactone structure or a sultone structure, repre› sented by the following General Formula (III).  LCl-14  LCl-15  [0112]  In Formula (III),  [0113]  A represents an ester bond ( a group represented by  --COO-)  or an amide bond (a group represented by  ----CONH-),  [0114]  in the case where R$_{0}$ ’  s are present in plural numbers,  they each independently represent an alkylene group, a  cycloalkylene group, or a combination thereof, and  (III)  0--S=O  II  0 