PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16206348
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["438", "269000"]

Abstract:
An embodiment method includes forming a patterned etch mask over a target layer and patterning the target layer using the patterned etch mask as a mask to form a patterned target layer. The method further includes performing a first cleaning process on the patterned etch mask and the patterned target layer, the first cleaning process including a first solution. The method additionally includes performing a second cleaning process to remove the patterned etch mask and form an exposed patterned target layer, the second cleaning process including a second solution. The method also includes performing a third cleaning process on the exposed patterned target layer, and performing a fourth cleaning process on the exposed patterned target layer, the fourth cleaning process comprising the first solution.

Claim (Index 20):
The method of  claim 19 , wherein the residue removal process comprises:\n performing a first cleaning process comprising deionized water and carbon dioxide, the first cleaning process discharging static electricity; and performing a second cleaning process to remove the second residue, the second cleaning process comprising at least one of water, hydrogen peroxide, or ammonium hydroxide, wherein the mask removal process comprises applying an acidic cleaning solution.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.38462
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15796398', '15665682', '15725805', '15641009', '15184315']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8448237299318787
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4990177864408884
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8102431355827797
- Mean Citation Score: 185.931524
- Max Citation Score: 263.3578
- Similarity Product: 208.2911888556957

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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