PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16002207
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["257", "382000"]

Abstract:
A method of forming a semiconductor device such as a FinFET device includes forming a gate stack over a channel region of a semiconductor fin between spacer layers, recessing the gate stack and the spacer layers, and forming a gate conductor layer over both the recessed gate stack and the spacer layers. The gate conductor layer is adapted to inhibit etch damage to the spacer layers during a subsequent etching step used to form contact openings over source/drain regions of the fin. The resulting structure exhibits improved electrical isolation between gate and source/drain contacts.

Claim (Index 14):
The semiconductor device of  claim 12 , wherein the gate cap comprises silicon nitride.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.86792
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15728615', '15343590', '15791658', '15598393', '15933708']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.916564782303286
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5193027709094182
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8768385811638991
- Mean Citation Score: 259.248452
- Max Citation Score: 265.3729
- Similarity Product: 167.60889686375862

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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