PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15873946
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["257", "642000"]

Abstract:
In an exemplary method, a first dielectric layer is formed on a substrate. A second dielectric layer is formed on the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer is a carbon rich film and different from the first dielectric layer. A trench is formed through the first and second dielectric layers. A conductive line is formed in the trench. A third dielectric layer is formed on the second dielectric layer and conductive line. The material of the third dielectric layer is different from the second dielectric layer. A via opening is formed through the third dielectric layer and stops at the second dielectric layer with a portion of the conductive line exposed to the via opening. At the bottom of the via opening, a recess is formed in the second dielectric layer adjacent to the conductive line. The via opening and recess are filled with a conductive material contacting the conductive line.

Claim (Index 15):
A structure, comprising:\n a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface; a first dielectric layer on the top surface of the substrate, wherein the first dielectric layer has a top surface and a bottom surface, and wherein the bottom surface of the first dielectric layer contacts the top surface of the substrate; a second dielectric layer on the top surface of the first dielectric layer, wherein the second dielectric layer has a top surface and a bottom surface, and wherein the bottom surface of the second dielectric layer contacts the top surface of the first dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer being an organic film and comprising a material different from the material of the first dielectric layer; a conductive line located in a trench through both the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer; a third dielectric layer on the second dielectric layer, wherein the third dielectric layer has a top surface and a bottom surface, and wherein the bottom surface of the third dielectric layer contacts the top surface of the second dielectric layer, the material of the third dielectric layer being different from the material of the second dielectric layer; and a conductive via located in a via opening through the third dielectric layer and a portion of the second dielectric layer adjacent to the conductive line, wherein the conductive via contacts a top surface of the conductive line and a portion of a side of the conductive line.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.41667
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14046414', '14958047', '12188228', '11309201', '14983643']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9143441105860582
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4878682451893973
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8716965240463921
- Mean Citation Score: 197.947792
- Max Citation Score: 199.02623
- Similarity Product: 137.93760153468492

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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