PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15966482
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "019000"]

Abstract:
Various nanostructures, including silicon nanowires and encapsulated silicon nanoislands, and methods of making the nanostructures are provided. The methods can include providing a fin structure extending above a substrate, wherein the fin structure has at least one silicon layer and at least two silicon:germanium alloy (SiGe) layers that define sidewalls of the fin structure; and annealing the fin structure in oxygen to form a silicon nanowire assembly. The silicon nanowire assembly can include a silicon nanowire, a SiGe matrix surrounding the silicon nanowire; and a silicon oxide layer disposed on the SiGe matrix. The annealing can be, for example, at a temperature between 800° C. and 1000° C. for five minutes to sixty minutes. The silicon nanowire can have a long axis extending along the fin axis, with perpendicular first and second dimensions extending less than 50 nm along directions perpendicular to the fin axis.

Claim (Index 7):
The nanostructure according to  claim 6 , wherein the at least one silicon nanowire and silicon:germanium alloy (SiGe) comprise a unitary monocrystalline structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.01235
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15335605', '14874146', '15648163', '15285978', '15261229']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9243332461515428
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5775041434051998
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8896503358769083
- Mean Citation Score: 276.925682
- Max Citation Score: 510.59735
- Similarity Product: 378.84146513078514

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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