PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15893050
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["257", "774000"]

Abstract:
A device comprises a first protection layer over sidewalls and a bottom of a first trench in a first dielectric layer, a first barrier layer over the first protection layer, a first metal line in the first trench, a second protection layer over sidewalls and a bottom of a second trench in the first dielectric layer, a second barrier layer over the second protection layer, a second metal line in the first trench, an air gap between the first trench and the second trench and a third protection layer over sidewalls of a third trench in the first dielectric layer, wherein the first protection layer, the second protection layer and the third protection are formed of a same material.

Claim (Index 19):
The method of  claim 18 , wherein the protective layer comprises a second material, the second material comprising: a dielectric material or a combination comprising metal at a concentration of 20% and 70%, oxygen at a concentration of 0% to 80%, and nitrogen at a concentration between 0% and 80%.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 4.0
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14497052', '14080030', '15442282', '14334929', '13791076']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9181890285334378
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5195066045144697
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.878320786131541
- Mean Citation Score: 249.30957
- Max Citation Score: 316.622
- Similarity Product: 214.8386509590149

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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