PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16128962
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["438", "700000"]

Abstract:
Processing methods comprising selectively orthogonally growing a first material through a mask to provide an expanded first material are described. The mask can be removed leaving the expanded first material extending orthogonally from the surface of the first material. Further processing can create a self-aligned via.

Claim (Index 2):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first material comprises a metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Mo, W, Ta, Ti, Ru, Rh, Cu, Fe, Mn, V, Nb, Hf, Zr, Y, Al, Sn, Cr, La and combinations thereof.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.48485
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: closed
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15718148', '15805753', '15801949', '16006402', '15951726']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8902549530384032
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5229778081993902
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8535272385545019
- Mean Citation Score: 210.554086
- Max Citation Score: 317.0892
- Similarity Product: 210.9247102692604

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