PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15906366
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["257", "773000"]

Abstract:
A method of forming a semiconductor device assembly comprises forming tiers comprising conductive structures and insulating structures in a stacked arrangement over a substrate. Portions of the tiers are selectively removed to form a stair step structure comprising a selected number of steps exhibiting different widths corresponding to variances in projected error associated with forming the steps. Contact structures are formed on the steps of the stair step structure. Semiconductor device structures and semiconductor devices are also described.

Claim (Index 4):
The semiconductor device structure of  claim 1 , wherein:\n a first of the of the at least three steps is located most longitudinally proximate the substrate and exhibits a first width; a second of the of the at least three steps is located more longitudinally distal from the substrate than the first of the of the at least three steps and exhibits a second width larger than the first width; and a third of the of the at least three steps is located more longitudinally distal from the substrate than the second of the of the at least three steps and exhibits a third width larger than the second width.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 12.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.64
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14837978', '15606415', '15271924', '13932551', '14877997']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9305512749920766
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5013488503490183
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8876310325277708
- Mean Citation Score: 234.75997200000003
- Max Citation Score: 256.53903
- Similarity Product: 188.18818420223064

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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