PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16234934
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["257", "503000"]

Abstract:
A method includes etching a semiconductor substrate to form a fin. An isolation structure is formed over the semiconductor substrate and around the fin. The isolation structure and the semiconductor substrate are etched to form a recess. A barrier layer is deposited over a bottom surface and a sidewall of the recess. A conductive layer is deposited over the barrier layer. The conductive layer is recessed to form a conductive line, in which a top surface of the conductive line is lower than a top surface of the isolation structure. A dielectric cap layer is formed over the conductive line. The isolation structure and the dielectric cap layer are recessed, such that the fin protrudes from the recessed isolation structure.

Claim (Index 13):
The method of  claim 12 , further comprising:\n depositing a second barrier layer over the fin prior to etching the semiconductor substrate to form the recess.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.82609
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15453963', '14846414', '14569336', '16043510', '15157283']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8973180200707355
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5114035666050524
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8587265747241671
- Mean Citation Score: 209.836028
- Max Citation Score: 256.17188
- Similarity Product: 174.5501904079008

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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