PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16028496
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["438", "717000"]

Abstract:
A method includes forming a mask layer over a target layer. A first etching process is performed on the mask layer to form a first opening and a second opening in the mask layer. A second etching process is performed on the mask layer to reduce an end-to-end spacing between the first opening and the second opening. The first etching process and the second etching process have different anisotropy properties. A pattern of the mask layer is transferred to the target layer.

Claim (Index 19):
The method of  claim 14 , wherein the cut feature has a shape of a trapezoid in a plane perpendicular to a top surface of the target layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 16.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.41667
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15395310', '15923072', '13728277', '16004086', '15812750']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8519378691394452
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4756573726009962
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8143098194856003
- Mean Citation Score: 121.0620298
- Max Citation Score: 131.35332
- Similarity Product: 90.81540601613042

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