PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16128962
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["438", "700000"]

Abstract:
Processing methods comprising selectively orthogonally growing a first material through a mask to provide an expanded first material are described. The mask can be removed leaving the expanded first material extending orthogonally from the surface of the first material. Further processing can create a self-aligned via.

Claim (Index 1):
A processing method comprising:\n providing a substrate with a substrate surface comprising a first surface of a first material and a second surface of a second material different from the first material; forming a mask on the substrate, the mask having an opening exposing at least a portion of the first surface and the second surface; oxidizing the first material to expand the first material straight up from the first surface through the opening in the mask to extend above a top surface of the mask forming an expanded first material; and removing the mask from the substrate to leave the expanded first material extending orthogonally from the substrate surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.48485
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15718148', '15805753', '15801949', '16006402', '15951726']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.86221634466784
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5125562308233438
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8272503332833904
- Mean Citation Score: 210.554086
- Max Citation Score: 317.0892
- Similarity Product: 292.7266982141018

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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