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          Appendix                                                                    
          16.  A developer solution for an actinic ray-sensitive resist               
          layer which comprises:                                                      
               (a) water or a liquid mixture mainly composed of water as              
          a solvent;                                                                  
               (b) a nitrogen-containing organic basic compound                       
          dissolved in said solvent in a concentration of from 1 to 5%                
          by weight; and                                                              
               (c) an anionic surface active agent which is a diphenyl                
          ether                                                  compound             
          represented                                            by the               
          general                                                formula:             










          in which R  is an alkyl or alkoxy group having 5 to 18 carbon1                                                                 
          atoms, R  is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl or alkoxy group2                                                                   
          having                                                                      
          5 to 18 carbon atoms, R  is an N-substituted or unsubstituted3                                                    
          ammonium sulfonate group of the general formula -SO NH , and R3  4      4              
          and R  are each a hydrogen atom or an N-subsitited or5                                                                      
          unsbsititued ammonium group of the general formula                          
                                      -SO NH ,                                        
                                         3  4                                         
               4     5                                                                
          and R  and R  are each a hydrogen atom or an N-substituted or               
          unsubstituted ammonium sulfonate group of the general formula               
          -SO NH , dissolved in the solvent in a concentration in the                 
             3 4                                                                      
          range from 0.05 to 5% by weight.                                            














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