Appeal No. 1999-1066 Application No. 08/756,440 wherein each R3 is independently a tetravalent carbocyclic aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, an alicyclic group or an aliphatic group; each R5 is independently a divalent aliphatic group having 2 or more carbon atoms, an alicyclic group, an aromatic aliphatic group, a carbocyclic aromatic group, a heterocyclic group or a polysiloxane group; R6 is an alkyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms; and wherein, upon exposure of said composition to light, the acid generating compound generates acid, which causes a silane at the end of at least one polyimide precursor to undergo a siloxane condensation reaction and a subsequent intermolecular cross-linking reaction with another silane. 5Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14Last modified: November 3, 2007