PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16047182
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["257", "314000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of interconnect structures of a three-dimensional (3D) memory device and method for forming the interconnect structures are disclosed. In an example, a 3D NAND memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, an alternating layer stack disposed on the semiconductor substrate, and a dielectric structure, which extends vertically through the alternating layer stack, on an isolation region of the substrate. Further, the alternating layer stack abuts a sidewall surface of the dielectric structure and the dielectric structure is formed of a dielectric material. The 3D memory device additionally includes one or more through array contacts that extend vertically through the dielectric structure and the isolation region, and one or more channel structures that extend vertically through the alternating layer stack.

Claim (Index 2):
The 3D memory device of  claim 1 , further comprising:\n an epitaxial layer formed between each of the one or more channel structures and the semiconductor substrate; an etch stop plug disposed on each of the one or more channel structures; a staircase structure disposed in the alternating layer; and one or more contact layers disposed on the one or more TACs, channel structures, and slit structures.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 45.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.31579
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16046843', '16046852', '15934738', '16002265', '16020817']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.927330030966738
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.530654766111454
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8876625044812096
- Mean Citation Score: 289.62743
- Max Citation Score: 359.0087
- Similarity Product: 282.9273326671064

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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