PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16026521
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["257", "347000"]

Abstract:
A method of forming a source/drain contact is provided. The method includes forming a sacrificial layer on a source/drain, and depositing an oxidation layer on the sacrificial layer. The method further includes heat treating the oxidation layer and the sacrificial layer to form a modified sacrificial layer. The method further includes forming a protective liner on the modified sacrificial layer, and depositing an interlayer dielectric layer on the protective liner. The method further includes forming a trench in the interlayer dielectric layer that exposes a portion of the protective liner.

Claim (Index 7):
The method of  claim 6 , wherein the source/drain is silicon germanium (SiGe), and the sacrificial layer is formed by epitaxial growth on the exposed surface of the source/drain.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.69444
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15918199', '15416281', '16021949', '15845006', '15492745']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9337771966300072
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5074883087670917
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8911483078437157
- Mean Citation Score: 289.33945000000006
- Max Citation Score: 297.16888
- Similarity Product: 245.36580380038265

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

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