PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15875244
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["257", "410000"]

Abstract:
A semiconductor structure includes a first layer having a recessed surface, a metal layer disposed above the first layer, and a second layer disposed above the metal layer and confined by the recessed surface. The second layer includes a first lateral side and a second lateral side. A first thickness of the second layer in a middle portion between the first lateral side and the second lateral side is less than a second thickness of at least one of the first lateral side and the second lateral side of the second layer. The metal layer has a same material across an entire range covered by the second layer.

Claim (Index 14):
A semiconductor structure, comprising:\n a metal layer comprising a first lateral side, a second lateral side and a middle portion between the first lateral side and the second lateral side; an etch-resistant layer disposed above the metal layer, the first lateral side, the middle portion and the second lateral side comprising a same material across an entire range covered by the etch-resistant layer; and a dielectric layer surrounding the metal layer and the etch-resistant layer; and a spacer surrounding a portion of the metal layer and a portion of the etch-resistant layer, wherein a first thickness of the middle portion is greater than a second thickness of the metal layer at the first lateral side or the second lateral side.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.65116
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14658667', '14835291', '14175677', '15676494', '12757172']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8846633618472249
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4758290996030537
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8437799356228078
- Mean Citation Score: 139.87569299999998
- Max Citation Score: 206.79355
- Similarity Product: 179.7467514206231

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

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