PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16147047
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["438", "620000"]

Abstract:
A method of processing a substrate by omitting a photolithographic process is disclosed. The method includes forming at least one layer on a stepped structure having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a side surface that connects the upper surface to the lower surface, selectively densifying portions of the at least one layer respectively on the upper surface and the lower surface via asymmetric plasma application, and performing an isotropic etching process on the at least one layer. During the isotropic etching process, the portion of the at least one layer formed on the upper surface is separated from the portion of the at least one layer formed on the lower surface.

Claim (Index 5):
The semiconductor device of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one word line has an overhang structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.37255
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15640239', '15951644', '13238319', '14218091', '14109159']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8673063697832479
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5430626355102978
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.834881996355953
- Mean Citation Score: 254.52460200000004
- Max Citation Score: 362.74265
- Similarity Product: 227.6454871483296

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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