PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15879479
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["714", "702000"]

Abstract:
A method for circuit design includes providing one or more wrapper cells for use with a library of standard cells in design of an IC. Each wrapper cell has geometrical dimensions matching a corresponding group of one or more of the standard cells and defines an electrical path, including at least one via, from a location of a terminal in a lower metal layer in the standard cells in the corresponding group to a location in an upper metal layer. A computerized place-and-route tool receives a layout of the IC including a wrapper cell superimposed over one of the standard cells in the corresponding group. The place-and-route tool automatically routes a signal connection through the upper metal layer and the at least one via defined by the superimposed wrapper cell to the predefined signal terminal in the lower metal layer in the one of the standard cells.

Claim (Index 4):
The method according to  claim 2 , wherein the different groups of the standards cells have signal terminals in different, respective locations, and wherein the different wrapper cells have respective vias that are positioned so as to match the respective locations of the signal terminals in the different groups of the standard cells.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.39062
- Patent Class: 714.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11968311', '13129107', '12845162', '10346970', '12037526']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.2709883520210376
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4902693018819264
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.2929164470071265
- Mean Citation Score: 176.031798
- Max Citation Score: 181.0896
- Similarity Product: 122.50215331907272

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

Dataset: test