PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15897842
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["438", "687000"]

Abstract:
Conductive structures and method of manufacture thereof are disclosed. A barrier layer can line the first recess of a substrate. A first seed layer can be formed on the barrier layer and line a bottom of the first recess and partially line sidewalls of the recess. A first conductive material can partially fill the first recess to form a second recess. The top surface of the first conductive material can coincide with a vertical extent of the first seed layer and have a depression formed therein. A second seed layer can be formed on the barrier layer and line the second recess. A second conductive material can fill the second recess.

Claim (Index 13):
The method of  claim 7 , wherein while forming the first conductive material in the trench on the lower portion of the first seed layer, the upper portion of the first seed layer is exposed to the first conductive material, and the treatment of the upper portion of the first seed layer prevents the first conductive material from substantially forming on the upper portion of the first seed layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.74419
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14333961', '15414388', '11602885', '15583789', '15282440']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8610626066150938
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4961756834903793
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8245739143026224
- Mean Citation Score: 167.855214
- Max Citation Score: 206.22862
- Similarity Product: 138.28793866825222

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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