PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16291105
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["257", "774000"]

Abstract:
A first dielectric layer on a substrate is provided. The first dielectric layer has a first level metal line embedded in the dielectric. An opposite gouging feature is in a top surface of the first level metal line. The opposite gouging feature has a protuberant shape relative to the first level metal line. A second dielectric layer is over the first dielectric layer. A compound recess is in the second dielectric layer. A first portion of the recess is for a via connector positioned over the opposite gouging feature.

Claim (Index 13):
The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the opposite gouging feature has a first width smaller than a second width of the first level metal line.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.52632
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15971783', '11364953', '12494564', '12901176', '11858166']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9229261771316768
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5177089828210684
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.882404457700616
- Mean Citation Score: 238.974242
- Max Citation Score: 306.4087
- Similarity Product: 222.1342975001812

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

Dataset: test