PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16047054
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["257", "288000"]

Abstract:
A semiconductor device and method for fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. An exemplary semiconductor device includes a substrate including a gate structure separating source and drain (S/D) features. The semiconductor device further includes a first dielectric layer formed over the substrate, the first dielectric layer including a first interconnect structure in electrical contact with the S/D features. The semiconductor device further includes an intermediate layer formed over the first dielectric layer, the intermediate layer having a top surface that is substantially coplanar with a top surface of the first interconnect structure. The semiconductor device further includes a second dielectric layer formed over the intermediate layer, the second dielectric layer including a second interconnect structure in electrical contact with the first interconnect structure and a third interconnect structure in electrical contact with the gate structure.

Claim (Index 11):
The method of  claim 10 , further comprising forming a barrier layer on the silicide layer, the barrier layer being interposed between the silicide layer and the first interconnect structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 45.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.9
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13368960', '14269748', '13486343', '13212904', '13302335']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9078410116236738
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4875084935485042
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8658077598161569
- Mean Citation Score: 169.25348200000005
- Max Citation Score: 185.65382
- Similarity Product: 125.5637516059637

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

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