PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16390715
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "773000"]

Abstract:
A method embodiment includes forming a hard mask over a dielectric layer and forming a first metal line and a second metal line extending through the hard mask into the dielectric layer. The method further includes removing the hard mask, wherein removing the hard mask defines an opening between the first metal line and the second metal line. A liner is then formed over the first metal line, the second metal line, and the dielectric layer, wherein the liner covers sidewalls and a bottom surface of the opening.

Claim (Index 14):
The semiconductor device of  claim 11  further comprising:\n a first liner extending along a top surface of the first conductive line, a top surface of the first barrier layer, a first sidewall of the first barrier layer, an adjacent second sidewall of the second barrier layer, and a top surface of a portion of the first dielectric layer disposed between the first barrier layer and the second barrier layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.4359
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14081752', '14688895', '14497052', '14080030', '15893050']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8996799757161648
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4952281391864819
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8592347920631965
- Mean Citation Score: 184.508812
- Max Citation Score: 232.14066
- Similarity Product: 170.30309737860918

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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