PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16109679
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["257", "774000"]

Abstract:
An interconnect layout structure, having a plurality of air gaps, includes a substrate having an insulating material disposed thereon and a conductive line disposed in the insulating material and extending along a first direction. The air gaps are formed in the insulating material and are arranged end-to-end along the first direction and immediately adjacent to a same side of the conductive line. A patterned hard mask is disposed on the conductive line and has a sidewall extending along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and passing between the adjacent air gaps from the top view. A via structure is formed on the conductive line and is electrically connected to the conductive line.

Claim (Index 7):
The interconnect structure according to  claim 2 , wherein a portion of the second insulating layer and a portion of the patterned hard mask form a landing mark.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 21.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.14035
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15007212', '09686323', '15343712', '10894024', '13190310']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9260093974788391
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5408114502074789
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8874896027517032
- Mean Citation Score: 262.761728
- Max Citation Score: 385.27985
- Similarity Product: 323.2908724402816

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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