PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15896756
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["428", "156000"]

Abstract:
A body of a superstrate can be used to form an adaptive planarization layer over a substrate that has a non-uniform topography. A body of a superstrate can have bending characteristics that are well suited to achieve both conformal and planarization behavior. The body can have a surface and a thickness in a range of t 1  to t 2 , t 1 =(Pd 4 /2Eh) 1/3 ; t 2 =(5Pd 4 /2Eh) 1/3 ; P is a pressure corresponding to a capillary force between the body and a planarization precursor material; d is a bending distance; E is Young's modulus for the body; and h is a step height difference between two adjacent regions of a substrate. In an embodiment, a thickness can be selected and used to determine the maximum out-of-plane displacement, w max , for conformal behavior is sufficient and that w max  for planarization behavior is below a predetermined threshold.

Claim (Index 18):
The method of  claim 17 , further comprising etching exposed top portions of hardmask layer to exposed portions of the patterned resist layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.95402
- Patent Class: 428.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13648069', '15131986', '15293884', '15233775', '15207788']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8845727762672746
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4760077262721677
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8437162712677639
- Mean Citation Score: 161.74152600000005
- Max Citation Score: 165.32856999999996
- Similarity Product: 116.37057909547802

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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