PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16002559
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["257", "192000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method of forming a protective liner of a semiconductor device, wherein the method includes forming a source or a drain (S/D) region, forming a first layer of protective material over a top surface of the S/D region, and forming a second layer of protective material over the first layer of protective material, wherein the second layer of protective material includes an oxide of a first type of material. An anneal is applied to the first layer and the second layer to drive the first type of material into the first layer, drive a second type of material from the first layer into the second layer, and convert at least a portion of the second layer of protective material to an oxide of the second type of material, wherein the oxide of the second type of material is the protective liner.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of forming a protective liner of a semiconductor device, the method comprising:\n forming a first source or a drain (S/D) region; forming a first layer of protective material over a top surface of the first S/D region; forming a second layer of protective material over the first layer of protective material, wherein the second layer of protective material comprises an oxide of a first type of material; applying an anneal to:\n drive the first type of material into the first layer; \n drive a second type of material from the first layer into the second layer; and \n convert at least a portion of the second layer of protective material to an oxide of the second type of material, wherein the oxide of the second type of material comprises the protective liner.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.38298
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15918077', '15466358', '15914096', '15804215', '15198654']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9031746967802132
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4972531815668546
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8625825452588772
- Mean Citation Score: 228.481934
- Max Citation Score: 234.79744
- Similarity Product: 178.0019902394867

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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