PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16046843
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["257", "326000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of through array contact structures of a 3D memory device and fabricating method thereof are disclosed. The 3D NAND memory device includes an alternating layer stack disposed on a substrate. The alternating layer stack includes a first region including an alternating dielectric stack, and a second region including an alternating conductor/dielectric stack. The memory device further comprises a barrier structure extending vertically through the alternating layer stack to laterally separate the first region from the second region, and multiple through array contacts in the first region each extending vertically through the alternating dielectric stack. At least one through array contact is electrically connected with a peripheral circuit.

Claim (Index 14):
The method of  claim 13 , further comprising:\n forming two parallel barrier structures laterally to extend along the word line direction, such that the first region is separated by the two parallel barrier structure from the second region and sandwiched between two neighboring slit structures.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.98276
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['16046852', '15269294', '15269112', '15269041', '15269017']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9256977254229805
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5784034962733906
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8909683025080215
- Mean Citation Score: 329.619092
- Max Citation Score: 475.80768
- Similarity Product: 427.2908390180969

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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