PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16006187
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["257", "329000"]

Abstract:
A method of reducing the distance between co-linear vertical fin field effect devices is provided. The method includes forming a first vertical fin on a substrate, forming a second vertical fin on the substrate, and depositing a masking block in the gap between the first vertical fin and second vertical fin. The method further includes depositing a spacer layer on the substrate, masking block, first vertical fin, and second vertical fin, depositing a protective liner on the spacer layer, and removing a portion of the protective liner from the spacer layer on the masking block and substrate adjacent to the first vertical fin. The method further includes removing a portion of the spacer layer from a portion the masking block and a portion of the substrate adjacent to the first vertical fin, and growing a first source/drain layer on an exposed portion of the substrate and first vertical fin.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of reducing the distance between co-linear vertical fin field effect devices, comprising:\n forming a first vertical fin on a substrate; forming a second vertical fin on the substrate, wherein the first vertical fin is co-linear with the second vertical fin; depositing a masking block in the gap between the first vertical fin and second vertical fin; depositing a spacer layer on the substrate, masking block, first vertical fin, and second vertical fin; depositing a protective liner on the spacer layer; removing a portion of the protective liner from the spacer layer on the masking block and substrate adjacent to the first vertical fin; removing a portion of the spacer layer from a portion the masking block and a portion of the substrate adjacent to the first vertical fin; and growing a first source/drain layer on an exposed portion of the substrate and first vertical fin.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.57778
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15876905', '15843786', '15177362', '15850723', '15488089']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9329223209024652
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5237142013588045
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.892001508948099
- Mean Citation Score: 345.022876
- Max Citation Score: 348.47034
- Similarity Product: 278.40228341643694

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