Photodegradation and spectral energy sensitivity of polymethyl isopropenyl ketone (PMIK) and its acrylate copolymers such as methyl methacrylate-MIK (MMA-MIK), n -butyl methacrylate-MIK ( n -BuMA-MIK), methyl acrylate-MIK (MA-MIK), and n -butyl acrylate-MIK ( n -BuA-MIK) were investigated. The number of chain scission was measured for copolymers in film state, and decreased in the following order: MMA-MIK≅ n -BuMA-MIK>PMIK>MA-MIK>> n -BuA-MIK. The maximum chain scission due to the photodegradation was attained when 30 mol% of the MIK unit was contained in MMA-MIK and n -BuMA-MIK copolymer. The spectral energy sensitivity of PMIK and MMA-MIK (MIK 10 mol%) copolymer were measured, and the energy were estimated 220mJ/cm2, 30mJ/cm2 at 260 nm, respectively.