PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15934012
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["438", "478000"]

Abstract:
In some aspects, methods for forming a germanium thin film using a cyclical deposition process are provided. In some embodiments, the germanium thin film is formed on a substrate in a reaction chamber, and the process includes one or more deposition cycles of alternately and sequentially contacting the substrate with a vapor phase germanium precursor and a nitrogen reactant. In some embodiments, the process is repeated until a germanium thin film of desired thickness has been formed.

Claim (Index 3):
The process of  claim 2  further comprising, after contacting the substrate with the vapor phase germanium precursor, removing excess vapor phase germanium precursor from the substrate surface prior to contacting the substrate with the vapor phase reactant.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 51.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.71429
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14969413', '15435769', '14135383', '13504079', '12429133']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8417284017190942
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5062675218365772
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8081823137308426
- Mean Citation Score: 267.29463
- Max Citation Score: 287.92966
- Similarity Product: 252.05662965399029

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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