PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15976300
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["257", "758000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed herein is an integrated circuit (IC) including a first metal layer running in a first direction, a second metal layer running in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the second metal layer above the first metal layer and a third metal layer running in the first direction above the second metal layer. A viabar electrically connects the first metal layer to the third metal layer, the viabar running in the first direction wherein the viabar vertically extends from the first metal layer to the third metal layer. A method of manufacturing the IC is provided.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of forming an integrated circuit comprising:\n providing a structure, the structure including;\n a first metal layer running in a first direction wherein the first metal layer is positioned in a first dielectric material; \n a second metal layer running in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the second metal layer being above the first metal layer wherein the second metal layer is positioned in a second dielectric material, the second dielectric material disposed on the first dielectric material; \n a third dielectric material disposed on the second dielectric material, \n etching an opening in the structure, the opening having an elongated dimension in the first direction wherein the opening extends from a top surface of the first metal layer to a top surface of the third dielectric layer; depositing a metal to fill the opening to form a viabar and a third metal layer wherein the third metal layer is positioned within the third dielectric material, wherein the viabar electrically connects the first metal layer to the third metal layer, wherein the viabar has a length in the first direction and the third metal layer runs in the first direction; and planarizing a surface of the third dielectric material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.78947
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15220764', '13410466', '12186061', '13102218', '15262231']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9110700229766464
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5233891273112292
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8723019334101046
- Mean Citation Score: 216.54749
- Max Citation Score: 338.77832
- Similarity Product: 261.7098796276617

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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