PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15880512
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["257", "392000"]

Abstract:
A first and a second instance of a common structured stack are formed, respectively, on a first fin and a second fin. The common structured stack includes a work-function metal layer, and a barrier layer. The barrier layer of the first instance of the common structured stack is etched through, and the work-function metal layer of the first instance of the common structure is partially etched. The partial etch forms a thinner work-function metal layer, having an oxide of the work-function metal as a new barrier layer. A gate element is formed on the new barrier layer.

Claim (Index 6):
The apparatus recited in  claim 5 , wherein the first portion of the high-K dielectric layer and the second portion of the high-K dielectric layer each comprises hafnium oxide (HfO 2 ), and wherein the first portion of the capping layer and the second portion of the capping layer each comprises titanium nitride (TiN).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.675
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14815626', '15830412', '14975917', '13451183', '14221108']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.930821290914295
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5009666467056003
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8878358264934256
- Mean Citation Score: 260.66851
- Max Citation Score: 265.94153
- Similarity Product: 204.04042144879585

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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