A laser-decomposable resin composition, includes: (A) a polymer compound
containing a structure represented by formula (0) as a repeating unit in
a main chain of the polymer compound: ##STR00001## wherein R.sub.1
represents H or a hydrocarbyl group which may have a substituent; and (B)
a photo-latent or heat-latent catalyst, and a pattern-forming material,
includes: a layer containing the laser-decomposable resin composition.