PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15987957
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["257", "368000"]

Abstract:
Methods form transistor devices that have source/drain regions in a layer separated by a channel region. A gate conductor is above the channel region and has sidewalls extending from the top surface of the layer. First spacers are formed to contact the sidewalls of the gate conductor. The first spacers are formed to have top portions that are relatively distal to the surface of the layer, and bottom portions that are relatively adjacent to the surface of the layer. Second spacers are formed to contact the top portions of the first spacer. Conductive contacts are formed to connect to the source/drain regions. The bottom portions of the first spacers are formed to contact and be between the conductive contacts and the gate conductor. The second spacers are formed between the top portions of the first spacers and the conductive contacts.

Claim (Index 21):
A transistor device comprising:\n source/drain regions in a layer adjacent a channel region; a gate conductor above the channel region; first spacers contacting sidewalls of the gate conductor, wherein the first spacers have top portions, and bottom portions that are relatively adjacent to the layer; conductive contacts connected to the source/drain regions, wherein the bottom portions of the first spacers physically contact and are between the conductive contacts and the gate conductor without other elements separating the bottom portions of the first spacers from the conductive contacts and the gate conductor; and second spacers between the top portions of the first spacers and the conductive contacts.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.81132
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10597288', '15916323', '11265464', '15961912', '15343590']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9191309891711666
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4845117158927854
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8756690618433286
- Mean Citation Score: 233.78711400000003
- Max Citation Score: 247.59163
- Similarity Product: 212.7445418089389

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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