PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15753468
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "427000"]

Abstract:
Technologies for manufacturing spin transfer torque memory (STTM) elements are disclosed. In some embodiments, the technologies include methods for removing a re-deposited layer and/or interrupting the electrical continuity of a re-deposited layer that may form on one or more sidewalls of an STTM element during its formation. Devices and systems including such STTM elements are also described.

Claim (Index 26):
A method of forming a spin transfer torque memory (STTM) element, comprising:\n providing an STTM precursor comprising a substrate, a conductive layer on the substrate, and a material stack on the conductive layer, the material stack defining a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) including a fixed magnetic layer, a dielectric layer, and a free magnetic layer, the magnetic tunnel junction comprising at least one sidewall, wherein a re-deposited layer is present on at least one of said sidewalls, the re-deposited layer comprising components of at least one of said fixed magnetic layer, dielectric layer, and free magnetic layer, said conductive layer comprises a conductive material; and selectively removing at least some of the re-deposited layer to disrupt the electrical continuity thereof, without re-depositing said conductive material on one or more of said sidewalls.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.23529
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15753478', '13723893', '13723866', '14812655', '15116457']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9169152285247044
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5003958410895323
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8752632897811874
- Mean Citation Score: 238.2924160000001
- Max Citation Score: 299.79385
- Similarity Product: 283.8031087425888

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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