PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15893050
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["257", "774000"]

Abstract:
A device comprises a first protection layer over sidewalls and a bottom of a first trench in a first dielectric layer, a first barrier layer over the first protection layer, a first metal line in the first trench, a second protection layer over sidewalls and a bottom of a second trench in the first dielectric layer, a second barrier layer over the second protection layer, a second metal line in the first trench, an air gap between the first trench and the second trench and a third protection layer over sidewalls of a third trench in the first dielectric layer, wherein the first protection layer, the second protection layer and the third protection are formed of a same material.

Claim (Index 17):
The method of  claim 16 , further comprising:\n prior to lining the plurality of trenches with the barrier layer, etching a via opening in one or more of the plurality of trenches, the via opening exposing an underlying metal feature, wherein lining the plurality of trenches with the barrier layer includes lining the via opening with the barrier layer, and wherein depositing the first conductive material in the plurality of trenches includes depositing the first conductive material in the via opening.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 4.0
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14497052', '14080030', '15442282', '14334929', '13791076']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.918243402740098
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5176191016780178
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8781809726338901
- Mean Citation Score: 249.30957
- Max Citation Score: 316.622
- Similarity Product: 228.77080207741253

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

Dataset: test