PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15938695
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["257", "324000"]

Abstract:
A memory device, which can be configured as a 3D NAND flash memory, includes a stack of conductive strips and an opening through the stack exposing sidewalls of conductive strips on first and second sides of the opening. Some of the conductive strips in the stack are configured as word lines. Data storage structures are disposed on the sidewalls of the stack. A vertical channel film is disposed vertically in contact with the data storage structures. The vertical channel film is connected at a proximal end to an upper channel pad over the stack, and at a distal end to a lower channel pad disposed in a lower level of the opening. The upper and lower channel pads may comprise an epitaxial semiconductor and be thicker than the vertical channel film disposed on the sidewalls of the stack.

Claim (Index 16):
The method of  claim 9 , wherein forming the stack includes forming a plurality of layers of conductive material separated by layers of insulating material, and forming the opening includes etching the opening in the stack.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.22727
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15344899', '14637204', '14637187', '14863633', '15017487']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9397488556320058
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5164641021180302
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8974203802806083
- Mean Citation Score: 315.920258
- Max Citation Score: 324.1598
- Similarity Product: 290.53340198459625

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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