PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16161178
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["438", "069000"]

Abstract:
An encapsulated integrated photodetector waveguide structures with alignment tolerance and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The method includes forming a waveguide structure bounded by one or more shallow trench isolation (STI) structure(s). The method further includes forming a photodetector fully landed on the waveguide structure.

Claim (Index 10):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein the polycrystalline material and the upper hardmask material are formed within lateral boundaries of the waveguide structure, as defined by divots or recesses formed in shallow trench isolation (STI) structures.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.35897
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15406125', '15210423', '15404981', '14963520', '14833542']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8675897331853692
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.476684488370495
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8284992087038818
- Mean Citation Score: 239.199704
- Max Citation Score: 258.2372
- Similarity Product: 231.5648130010128

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

Dataset: test