PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15904683
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "751000"]

Abstract:
Some embodiments include an apparatus having a structure with a surface which comprises tungsten. The apparatus has titanium-nitride-containing protective material along and directly against the surface. The structure may be a digit line of a memory array. Some embodiments include a method in which an assembly is formed to have a tungsten-containing layer with an exposed tungsten-containing upper surface. Titanium-nitride-containing protective material is formed over and directly against the tungsten-containing upper surface. Additional material is formed over the protective material, and is spaced from the tungsten-containing upper surface by the protective material. The additional material may comprise silicon nitride and/or silicon dioxide.

Claim (Index 17):
The apparatus of  claim 14  comprising silicon dioxide directly against the protective material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15664143', '15797462', '15900403', '10832543', '11111605']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9136934860105766
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5029104680877458
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8726151842182936
- Mean Citation Score: 199.69641
- Max Citation Score: 208.83122
- Similarity Product: 124.34445145786286

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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