PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16213868
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["438", "283000"]

Abstract:
A method includes forming a first opening in a dielectric layer over a substrate, lining sidewalls and a bottom of the first opening with a conductive barrier layer, and depositing a seed layer over the conductive barrier layer. The method further includes treating the seed layer with a plasma process, and filling the first opening with a conductive material after the treating the seed layer.

Claim (Index 1):
A method comprising:\n forming a first opening in a dielectric layer over a substrate; forming a non-conformal conductive barrier layer along sidewalls of the first opening and along a bottom of the first opening, wherein lower portions of the conductive barrier layer proximate the bottom of the first opening is thicker than upper portions of the conductive barrier layer distal the substrate, wherein there is a step change from the upper portion of the conductive barrier layer to the lower portion of the conductive barrier layer; depositing a seed layer over the conductive barrier layer; and filling the first opening with a conductive material after depositing the seed layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.12121
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15583789', '15705034', '15490439', '15058864', '15662526']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.838393391754371
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4831895297892562
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8028730055578596
- Mean Citation Score: 175.105346
- Max Citation Score: 207.63463
- Similarity Product: 160.95075588371097

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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