PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16049912
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["438", "687000"]

Abstract:
An interconnect structure and a method of forming an interconnect structure are disclosed. The interconnect structure includes a conductive plug over a substrate; a conductive feature over the conductive plug, wherein the conductive feature has a first sidewall, a second sidewall facing the first sidewall, and a bottom surface; and a carbon-containing barrier layer having a first portion along the first sidewall of the conductive feature, a second portion along the second sidewall of the conductive feature, and a third portion along the bottom surface of the conductive feature.

Claim (Index 10):
The method of  claim 7 , further comprising, prior to removing the portion of the first conductive layer:\n depositing an upper dielectric layer over the lower dielectric layer and the first conductive layer; and forming a second recess in the upper dielectric layer, wherein the second recess exposes the first conductive layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.64865
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14175685', '14250234', '15905434', '14856358', '14705840']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8469514664515206
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4915218778698141
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8114085075933499
- Mean Citation Score: 176.92991999999995
- Max Citation Score: 211.64236
- Similarity Product: 148.08825291599277

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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