PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16036635
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["438", "694000"]

Abstract:
Processing methods may be performed to form recesses in a semiconductor substrate. The methods may include oxidizing an exposed silicon nitride surface on a semiconductor substrate within a processing region of a semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include forming an inert plasma within the processing region of the processing chamber. Effluents of the inert plasma may be utilized to modify the oxidized silicon nitride. A remote plasma may be formed from a fluorine-containing precursor to produce plasma effluents. The methods may include flowing the plasma effluents to the processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may also include removing the modified oxidized silicon nitride from the semiconductor substrate.

Claim (Index 13):
The etching method of  claim 12 , wherein the etching is performed at a temperature of about 100\u00b0 C.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.51064
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15260755', '15424181', '15260705', '15390955', '15350713']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9377964496454806
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.558102448902973
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8998270495712298
- Mean Citation Score: 393.810248
- Max Citation Score: 421.4709
- Similarity Product: 416.0590240621627

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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