# US 9,519,079 B2 · Coloring composition, colored pattern, color filter and method of producing the same, pattern forming method, solid-state imaging device, and image display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,519,079 B2 - Document ID: US9519079B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/174,344 - Filed: 2014-02-06 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2011-09-28 - Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation - Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation - Inventors: Yushi Kaneko; Yuzo Nagata; Hiroaki Idei; Kazuya Oota; Yousuke Murakami - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9519079B2 ## CPC - C08F 8/10: Acylation - C08G 18/329: {containing aromatic groups} - C08G 18/348: {Hydroxycarboxylic acids} - C08G 18/6705: {Unsaturated polymers not provided for in the groups C08G18/671, C08G18/6795, C08G18/68 or C08G18/69} - C08G 18/672: {Esters of acrylic or alkyl acrylic acid having only one group containing active hydrogen} - C08G 18/755: {and at least one isocyanate or isothiocyanate group linked to a secondary carbon atom of the cycloaliphatic ring, e.g. isophorone diisocyanate} - G02B 1/04: made of organic materials, e.g. plastics (G02B1/08 takes precedence) - G02B 5/20: Filters (polarising elements G02B5/30) - G02B 5/201: {in the form of arrays} - G02B 5/223: {containing organic substances, e.g. dyes, inks or pigments} - G02F 1/1306: {Details} - G03F 7/0007: {Filters, e.g. additive colour filters; Components for display devices} - G03F 7/027: Non-macromolecular photopolymerisable compounds having carbon-to-carbon double bonds, e.g. ethylenic compounds (G03F7/075 takes precedence) - G03F 7/033: the binders being polymers obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds, e.g. vinyl polymers - G03F 7/0388: {with ethylenic or acetylenic bands in the side chains of the photopolymer} - G03F 7/105: having substances, e.g. indicators, for forming visible images - C08F 212/26: {Nitrogen} - C08F 212/32: containing two or more rings - C08F 220/36: containing oxygen in addition to the carboxy oxygen {, e.g. 2-N-morpholinoethyl (meth)acrylate or 2-isocyanatoethyl (meth)acrylate} - C09K 2323/031: Polarizer or dye - Y10T 428/24802: Discontinuous or differential coating, impregnation or bond [e.g., artwork, printing, retouched photograph, etc.] - C08F: MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS - C08G: MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS - G03F: PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR; (phototypographic composing devices B41B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; electrophotography, sensitive layers or processes therefor G03G) - C09K: MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A coloring composition is provided which is less likely to remain on a pattern of other colors as residues and can inhibit occurrence of coating defects. Also provided are a colored pattern, a color filter, a method of producing a color filter, a pattern forming method, a solid-state imaging device, and an image display device, each using the coloring composition. The coloring composition contains a resin (A) having a dye structure, in which in the peak area of the total molecular weight distribution of the resin (A) as measured by gel permeation chromotography, the proportion of the peak area of a component having a molecular weight of 20,000 or more is 10% or less. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A coloring composition comprising a resin (A) having a dye structure, wherein in a peak area of the total molecular weight distribution of the resin (A) measured by gel permeation chromatography, a proportion of a peak area of a component having a molecular weight of 20,000 or more is 10% or less, the dye structure of the resin (A) is a structure derived from a dye selected from the group consisting of a xanthene dye, a cyanine dye, a squarylium dye, a quinophthalone dye, and a subphthalocyanine dye, and the resin (A) contains a polymerizable group having an ethylenically unsaturated bond in the side chain of the resin (A) after polymerization. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The coloring composition according to claim 1, wherein the weight average molecular weight of the resin (A) is 4,000 to 15,000. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The coloring composition according to claim 1, further comprising (B) a pigment. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The coloring composition according to claim 1, further comprising (C) a polymerizable compound and (D) a photopolymerization initiator. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The coloring composition according to claim 1, further comprising (E) an alkali-soluble resin. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The coloring composition according to claim 1, which is used for forming a colored layer of a color filter. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The coloring composition according to claim 1, wherein the resin (A) is a resin having a dye structure that includes at least one of the constitutional units represented by the following General Formulae (A), (B), and (C): wherein in the General Formula (A), X1 represents a linking group formed by polymerization, L1 represents a single bond or a divalent linking group, and DyeI represents a dye structure; wherein in the General Formula (B), X2 has the same definition as that of X1 in the General Formula (A), L2 has the same definition as that of L1 in the General Formula (A), Y2 represents a group that can form an ionic bond or a coordinate bond with DyeII, and DyeII represents a dye structure; wherein in the General Formula (C), L3 represents a single bond or a divalent linking group, DyeIII represents a partial structure of a dye, and m represents 0 or 1. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The coloring composition according to claim 1, wherein the dye structure of the resin (A) is a structure derived from a dye selected from the group consisting of a xanthene dye and a squarylium dye. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The coloring composition according to claim 7, wherein DyeI, DyeII, and DyeIII represent a partial structure derived from a xanthene compound represented by the following General Formula (J): wherein in the General Formula (J), each of R81, R82, R83, and R84 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent; each R85 independently represents a monovalent substituent; m represents an integer of 0 to 5; and X−represents an anion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The coloring composition according to claim 1, wherein the resin (A) has an acid value of from 0.3 mmol to 2.0 mmol based on 1 g of the resin (A). ### Claim 11 (depends on 4) The coloring composition according to claim 4, wherein the photopolymerization initiator (D) is an oxime compound. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The coloring composition according to claim 7, wherein the resin (A) is a resin having a dye structure that includes the constitutional unit represented by the General Formula (A). ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The coloring composition according to claim 1, wherein the ethylenically unsaturated bond is a (meth)acryloyl group. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The coloring composition according to claim 13, wherein the resin (A) includes at least one of the constitutional units represented by the following Formulae (G-1) to (G-6), (G-8), and (G-9): ### Claim 15 (depends on 7) The coloring composition according to claim 7, wherein DyeI, DyeII, and DyeIII represent a partial structure derived from a quinophthalone compound represented by the following General Formula (QP): wherein in the General Formula (QP), each of Rqp1 to Rqp6 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, when at least two out of Rqp1 to Rqp6 are adjacent to each other, these may form a ring by binding to each other, and the ring may further have a substituent. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The coloring composition according to claim 9, wherein in the General Formula (J), each of R82 and R83 represents a hydrogen atom; and each of R81 and R84 independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group.