PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16045175
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["257", "288000"]

Abstract:
A method includes forming a dummy gate stack over a semiconductor region, forming a gate spacer on a sidewall of the dummy gate stack, removing the dummy gate stack to form an opening, forming a replacement gate stack in the opening, recessing the replacement gate stack to form a recess, filling the recess with a conductive material, and performing a planarization to remove excess portions of the conductive material over the gate spacer. A remaining portion of the conductive material forms a gate contact plug. A top portion of the gate contact plug is at a same level as a top portion of the first gate spacer

Claim (Index 17):
A device comprising:\n a semiconductor substrate; isolation regions extending into the semiconductor substrate; a semiconductor fin protruding higher than top surfaces of the isolation regions; a gate stack on a sidewall and a top surface of the semiconductor fin; a gate spacer comprising a first portion and a second portion contacting opposite sidewalls of the gate stack; and a first gate contact plug over the gate stack, with a top surface of the first gate contact plug being substantially coplanar with a top surface of the gate spacer, wherein opposite side edges of the first gate contact plug contact side edges of the first portion and the second portion of the gate spacer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.34694
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15429894', '15610981', '15225304', '15221123', '15490439']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9199175923725782
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4962126232602004
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8775470954613405
- Mean Citation Score: 244.1919
- Max Citation Score: 280.35114
- Similarity Product: 245.2120827395117

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

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