PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15947683
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["136", "244000"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods taught herein provide thin film semiconductor devices such as thin film photovoltaic devices having via holes that enable electrical connection with a bottom surface of a topside contact of the thin film semiconductor device via the back side of the device (e.g., during mounting of the device). In some embodiments, the via holes are electrically insulated.

Claim (Index 18):
The method of  claim 16 , further comprising insulating, at least, side surfaces of the via hole to form an insulated sidewall while leaving a portion of the bottom surface of the topside contact exposed through the open end of the via hole.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.47727
- Patent Class: 136.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11509886', '14137172', '13340877', '12857549', '13562712']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7762747354207516
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4851633207071433
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7471635939493909
- Mean Citation Score: 186.50198
- Max Citation Score: 198.66367
- Similarity Product: 141.4587426841736

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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