PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15951644
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["365", "174000"]

Abstract:
A substrate processing method includes stacking a plurality of stack structures each including an insulating layer and a sacrificial layer, on one another. The method also includes generating a stair structure by etching the stack structures and generating a separation layer on a side surface of the stair structure. The method further includes removing the sacrificial layer and generating conductive word line structures in spaces from which the sacrificial layer is removed. The separation layer is provided between the conductive word line structures.

Claim (Index 13):
The substrate processing method of  claim 2 , wherein the generating of the pad layer comprises:\n generating a second layer on the stair structure; selectively densifying the second layer by applying a second energy in such a manner that a portion of the second layer on upper and lower surfaces of the stair structure is more densified than a portion of the second layer on the side surface of the stair structure; and isotropically etching the second layer to remove the portion of the second layer on the side surface of the stair structure and to leave the portion of the second layer on the upper and lower surfaces of the stair structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.87234
- Patent Class: 365.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15640239', '14538832', '15207554', '15012082', '14574456']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7996576593384818
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4934266993667507
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7690345633413087
- Mean Citation Score: 214.073302
- Max Citation Score: 239.70203
- Similarity Product: 168.83823830840592

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