PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15927551
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["257", "401000"]

Abstract:
According to embodiments, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a mask comprising a pattern of inert structures on a side of a first main surface of a semiconductor substrate. A semiconductor layer is formed over the first main surface, and the semiconductor substrate is thinned from a second main surface opposite to the first main surface. Thereafter, a semiconductor region laterally adjoining the inert structures is anisotropically etched.

Claim (Index 2):
The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor region comprises a first portion and a second portion, wherein the pattern of inert structures in the first portion is different from the pattern of inert structures in the second portion or the inert structures are absent from the second portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.83333
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13568797', '14866157', '13560109', '15808993', '14697266']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9174075875682546
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4812125538594601
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8737880841973752
- Mean Citation Score: 164.093678
- Max Citation Score: 171.87796
- Similarity Product: 121.92991717081786

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

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