PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16390703
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "762000"]

Abstract:
A system and method for providing a conductive line is provided. In an embodiment the conductive line is formed by forming two passivation layers, wherein each passivation layer is independently patterned. Once formed, a seed layer is deposited into the two passivation layers, and a conductive material is deposited to fill and overfill the patterns within the two passivation layers. A planarization process such as a chemical mechanical polish may then be utilized in order to remove excess conductive material and form the conductive lines within the two passivation layers.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising:\n placing a negative tone photoresist within an imaging device, the negative tone photoresist being located at least partially over a contact pad; exposing the negative tone photoresist to a first patterned energy source; removing portions of the negative tone photoresist that were not impacted by the first patterned energy source, wherein the removing the portions of the negative tone photoresist forms an opening which exposes the contact pad; filling the opening with a positive tone photoresist; placing the positive tone photoresist into a second imaging device; exposing the positive tone photoresist to a second patterned energy source with a different pattern than the first patterned energy source, wherein at least one region impacted by the second patterned energy source overlies at least one region that was not impacted by the first patterned energy source; and removing portions of the positive tone photoresist that were impacted by the second patterned energy source, the removing the portions of the positive tone photoresist forming a plurality of openings, a first one of the plurality of openings exposing the contact pad and a second one of the plurality of openings exposing a surface of the negative tone photoresist that faces away from a semiconductor substrate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 31.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.76364
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14833760', '15837194', '13929641', '15180372', '13837376']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9137640489593868
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4890062186102794
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8712882659244761
- Mean Citation Score: 223.201326
- Max Citation Score: 255.05367
- Similarity Product: 228.5667094277394

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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