PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16025794
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["257", "029000"]

Abstract:
Provided herein are integrated circuits for use in performing analyte measurements and methods of fabricating the same. Such arrays may be employed to detect a presence and/or concentration changes of various analyte types in chemical and/or biological processes, including DNA hybridization and/or sequencing reactions. The methods for fabricating the integrated circuits include steps of depositing an insulating layer on a semiconducting substrate, and forming trenches in the insulating dielectric layer. Conductive material may be deposited in the trenches to form electrodes, and the insulating layer may be conditioned so that the electrodes protrude above the insulating layer. A 2D material, such as graphene, may be deposited on to electrodes to form a channel between the electrodes.

Claim (Index 11):
A method of forming an integrated circuit for use in performing a nucleic acid sequencing reaction, the method comprising:\n providing a semi-conducting substrate comprising a plurality of extended planar surfaces offset from one another by a first thickness, being surrounded by a plurality of side members, and having one or more transistor elements positioned between the plurality of surfaces; providing a first insulating dielectric layer on top of the planar surfaces of the substrate, and extending across each planar surface from one side member to another side member; forming a plurality of trenches in the first insulating dielectric layer, each trench offset from the other by a distance, the distance forming a channel region; depositing a first layer of conductive material into each of the trenches to form a plurality of electrodes therein, a first electrode serving as a source electrode, and a second electrode serving as a drain electrode, the source and drain electrodes in contact with the one or more transistor elements; depositing a 2D material layer onto the side and top surface of each of the plurality of electrodes and across the channel region to thereby form a channel between the electrodes; forming an opening in the 2D material proximate each electrode so as to expose at least the top surface of each electrode; and depositing a second layer of conductive material over each opening of the 2D material layer so that the second layer of conductive material contacts at least the top surface of the electrode, fills the opening, and further extends above the 2D material layer so as to contact a side and top surface of the 2D material layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.77465
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15225764', '15182533', '15239800', '15256493', '16014838']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9475742930654988
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.558515493035659
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.9086684130625148
- Mean Citation Score: 391.655496
- Max Citation Score: 453.326
- Similarity Product: 369.4465572838784

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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