PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16172218
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["257", "314000"]

Abstract:
A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a sacrificial material over a stack comprising alternating levels of a dielectric material and another material, forming an opening through the sacrificial material and at least some of the alternating levels of the dielectric material and the another material, forming at least one oxide material in the opening and overlying surfaces of the sacrificial material, an uppermost surface of the at least one oxide material extending more distal from a surface of a substrate than an uppermost level of the dielectric material and the another material, planarizing at least a portion of the at least one oxide material to expose a portion of the sacrificial material, and removing the sacrificial material while the uppermost surface of the at least one oxide material remains more distal from the surface of the substrate than the uppermost level of the alternating levels of the dielectric material and the another material. Related methods of forming semiconductor structures and related semiconductor devices are disclosed.

Claim (Index 8):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein planarizing at least a portion of the at least one oxide material comprises removing the at least one oxide material by a chemical mechanical planarization process and selectively removing the at least one oxide material without substantially removing the sacrificial material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.18182
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15857197', '15858072', '16164542', '15271924', '15916575']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9274564493389488
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5292590558471842
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8876367099897723
- Mean Citation Score: 261.594262
- Max Citation Score: 346.74252
- Similarity Product: 236.38578128228195

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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