PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15947479
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "401000"]

Abstract:
A method for producing a finFET having a fin with thinned sidewalls on a lower portion above a shallow trench isolation (STI) regions is provided. Embodiments include forming a fin surrounded by STI regions on a substrate; recessing the STI regions, revealing an upper portion of the fin; forming a spacer over side and upper surfaces of the upper portion of the fin; recessing the STI regions, exposing a lower portion of the fin; and thinning sidewalls of the lower portion of the fin.

Claim (Index 17):
The device according to  claim 16 , wherein the source/drain regions are formed at opposite sides of the gate stack.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.04348
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15229431', '13050023', '15087495', '15627875', '15285978']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.92604231466068
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5381779115062206
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.887255874345234
- Mean Citation Score: 259.79548
- Max Citation Score: 383.91776
- Similarity Product: 227.42901927799224

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

Dataset: test