PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15973784
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["257", "758000"]

Abstract:
Integrated circuits, as well as methods of their formation, include a first conductive structure at a first level of the integrated circuit, a second conductive structure at a second level of the integrated circuit, a first conductor at a third level of the integrated circuit between the first level and the second level, a second conductor at the third level and parallel to the first conductor, and a third conductor at the third level and parallel to the first conductor and to the second conductor. The first conductive structure is in physical and electrical contact with the first conductor and the second conductor. The second conductive structure is in physical and electrical contact with the second conductor and the third conductor.

Claim (Index 15):
The method of  claim 9 , wherein forming the first conductor, forming the second conductor and forming the third conductor comprises:\n forming a plurality of spacers over a dielectric formed at the second level; masking portions of the plurality of spacers; removing portions of the dielectric exposed between adjacent unmasked spacers of the plurality of spacers to define a plurality of openings in the dielectric, wherein a first opening of the plurality of openings exposes a first portion of the first conductive structure and wherein a second opening of the plurality of openings exposes a second portion of the first conductive structure; and forming a conductive material in the plurality of openings.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.82353
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14887359', '13449452', '12861093', '13771117', '15913190']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.922740190988741
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5105796920969308
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.88152414109956
- Mean Citation Score: 220.314544
- Max Citation Score: 285.45975
- Similarity Product: 209.62720458836853

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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