PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16222300
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["257", "401000"]

Abstract:
A representative method for manufacturing fin field-effect transistors (FinFETs) includes steps of forming a plurality of fin structures over a substrate, and forming a plurality of isolation structures interposed between adjacent pairs of fin structures. Upper portions of the fin and isolation structures are etched. Epitaxial structures are formed over respective fin structures, with each of the epitaxial structures adjoining adjacent epitaxial structures. A dielectric layer is deposited over the plurality of epitaxial structures with void regions formed in the dielectric layer. The void regions are interposed between adjacent pairs of fin structures.

Claim (Index 19):
The method of  claim 18 , wherein etching the upper portion of the plurality of fin structures further comprises etching the plurality of isolation structures.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 34.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.125
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15623066', '15074587', '13863963', '15177917', '15680711']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9072998816887932
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5197823281464921
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8685481263345631
- Mean Citation Score: 213.12276
- Max Citation Score: 284.47058
- Similarity Product: 198.91560733177425

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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