PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16044703
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["257", "296000"]

Abstract:
In some embodiments, a method used in forming an array of memory cells comprises uses no more than two photolithographic masking steps are used in forming both: (a) sense lines longitudinally extending in a column direction that are individually directly above and electrically coupled to the upper source/drain regions of multiple of the second pedestals in the column direction; and (b) spaced elevationally-extending vias laterally between immediately-adjacent of the sense lines directly above and electrically coupled to the upper source/drain regions of multiple of the first pedestals. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claim (Index 1):
A method used in forming an array of memory cells, comprising:\n providing a substrate comprising rows and columns of transistors, an access line interconnecting multiple of the transistors along individual of the rows in a row direction, the transistors individually comprising first and second pedestals joined to one another through a valley region, the first and second pedestals individually comprising an upper source/drain region, the valley region comprising a channel region, a transistor gate operatively laterally proximate at least one side of the channel region and comprising a portion of an individual of the access lines; and using no more than two photolithographic masking steps in forming both:\n (a) sense lines longitudinally extending in a column direction that are individually directly above and electrically coupled to the upper source/drain regions of multiple of the second pedestals in the column direction; and \n (b) spaced elevationally-extending vias laterally between immediately-adjacent of the sense lines directly above and electrically coupled to the upper source/drain regions of multiple of the first pedestals.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.63934
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15843493', '15402463', '15404995', '15900537', '15401372']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9347728894179242
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.52890714775258
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8941863152513898
- Mean Citation Score: 356.501294
- Max Citation Score: 363.4863
- Similarity Product: 276.0009082482934

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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