PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16026962
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["438", "021000"]

Abstract:
Techniques are provided for making a funnel-shaped nozzle in a substrate. The process can include forming a first opening having a first width in a top layer of a substrate, forming a patterned layer of photoresist on the top surface of the substrate, the patterned layer of photoresist including a second opening, the second opening having a second width larger than the first width, reflowing the patterned layer of photoresist to form curved side surfaces terminating on the top surface of the substrate, etching a second layer of the substrate through the first opening in the top layer of the substrate to form a straight-walled recess, the straight-walled recess having the first width and a side surface substantially perpendicular to the top surface of the semiconductor substrate.

Claim (Index 3):
The process of  claim 2 , wherein a stepper is used to accurately align the patterned layer on the top surface of the substrate having the first opening.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.8125
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15440435', '13460503', '13086021', '13810696', '12346698']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8791751102159542
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5505521875235841
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8463128179467172
- Mean Citation Score: 285.598228
- Max Citation Score: 436.20914000000016
- Similarity Product: 281.2764187058235

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test