PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15863079
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["257", "676000"]

Abstract:
A method is for making a semiconductor device. The method may include providing a lead frame having a recess, forming a sacrificial material in the recess of the lead frame, and mounting an IC on the lead frame. The method may include encapsulating the IC and the lead frame, removing portions of the lead frame to define lead frame contacts for the IC, and removing the sacrificial material to define for each lead frame contact a solder anchoring tab extending outwardly at a lower region and defining a sidewall recess between opposing portions of the solder anchoring tab and the encapsulation material.

Claim (Index 15):
A semiconductor device comprising:\n an integrated circuit (IC); an IC die pad supporting the IC; a first lead, the first lead comprising an inner portion adjacent the IC die pad and an outer portion extending away from the IC die pad and a central portion between the inner portion and the outer portion, wherein the inner portion comprises a solder anchoring tab having a first thickness, the outer portion comprises a mold anchoring tab having a second thickness, and the central portion comprises a third thickness greater than the first thickness and the second thickness; encapsulation material surrounding the IC and covering a major surface of the first lead, wherein an outer side surface of the solder anchoring tab is co-planar with an outer side surface of the encapsulating material; a circuit board comprising a contact; a solder body surrounding the solder anchoring tab and coupling the contact of the circuit board and the first lead, wherein the outer side surface and an outer upper surface of the solder anchoring tab are soldered to the contact of the circuit board through the solder body.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.18
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14753365', '14293274', '14449492', '14293364', '14957785']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9246572520203996
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5368321645522365
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8858747432735833
- Mean Citation Score: 301.920938
- Max Citation Score: 384.31363
- Similarity Product: 295.8298373533279

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

Dataset: test