PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16174196
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["257", "057000"]

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a fin structure including a well layer, an oxide layer disposed over the well layer and a channel layer disposed over the oxide layer. An isolation insulating layer is formed so that the channel layer of the fin structure protrudes from the isolation insulating layer and a part of or an entirety of the oxide layer is embedded in the isolation insulating layer. A gate structure is formed over the fin structure. A recessed portion is formed by etching a part of the fin structure not covered by the gate structure such that the oxide layer is exposed. A recess is formed in the exposed oxide layer. An epitaxial seed layer in the recess in the oxide layer. An epitaxial layer is formed in and above the recessed portion. The epitaxial layer is in contact with the epitaxial seed layer.

Claim (Index 9):
A Fin Field-Effect Transistor (Fin FET) device, comprising:\n an isolation insulating layer; a fin structure including a well layer, an oxide layer, and a channel layer sequentially stacked on each other; first and second seed layers disposed at least on side surfaces of the well layer to separate the side surfaces of the well from the isolation insulating layer; a gate stack including a gate electrode layer and a gate dielectric layer, covering a portion of the fin structure; a source disposed on a first side of the channel layer, and protruding from the well layer and the first and second seed layers; and a drain disposed on a second side of the channel layer opposing the first side, and protruding from the well layer and the first and second seed layers.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.92593
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15409014', '14833022', '14687815', '15227134', '15807317']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9061416348969068
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5027920776158945
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8658066791688056
- Mean Citation Score: 248.600426
- Max Citation Score: 286.58646
- Similarity Product: 263.1111511743128

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

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