PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16236221
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["428", "614000"]

Abstract:
Some embodiments of the invention are directed to electrochemical fabrication methods for forming structures or devices (e.g. microprobes for use in die level testing of semiconductor devices) from a core material and a shell or coating material that partially coats the surface of the structure. Other embodiments are directed to electrochemical fabrication methods for producing structures or devices (e.g. microprobes) from a core material and a shell or coating material that completely coats the surface of each layer from which the probe is formed including interlayer regions. Additional embodiments of the invention are directed to electrochemical fabrication methods for forming structures or devices (e.g. microprobes) from a core material and a shell or coating material wherein the coating material is located around each layer of the structure without locating the coating material in inter-layer regions.

Claim (Index 1):
A compliant probe for providing an electrical connection between at least two electronic components, the probe comprising:\n a) a first planarized layer comprising at least a first structural material and a second structural material located above at least a portion of the first structural material wherein at least the second structural material is planarized to set a boundary level for the first planarized layer; b) a second planarized layer comprising at least a third structural material, wherein the third structural material is either directly adhered to a material selected from the group consisting of the first structural material of the first layer, the second structural material of the first layer, and a material of an intermediate layer that separates the first layer from the second layer; wherein the second structural material of the first layer is different from both the first structural material of the first layer and the third structural material of the second layer, wherein the second structural material of the first layer has sides, and wherein at least a portion of the sides of the second structural material of the first planarized layer are bounded by the first structural material of the first layer, and wherein upon use, the compliant probe is configured to provide an elastic electrical contact path between at least two electronic components.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.53448
- Patent Class: 428.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14986500', '14017535', '12906970', '13409950', '12431680']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9057951713833116
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5571443941713722
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8709300936621176
- Mean Citation Score: 356.250512
- Max Citation Score: 450.80957
- Similarity Product: 410.86309511849055

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

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