PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15745701
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["438", "672000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention include conductive vias and methods for forming the conductive vias. In one embodiment, a via pad is formed over a first dielectric layer and a photoresist layer is formed over the first dielectric layer and the via pad. Embodiments may then include patterning the photoresist layer to form a via opening over the via pad and depositing a conductive material into the via opening to form a via over the via pad. Embodiments may then includeremoving the photoresist layer and forming a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer, the via pad, and the via. For example a top surface of the second dielectric layer is formed above a top surface of the via in some embodiments. Embodiments may then include recessing the second dielectric layer to expose a top portion of the via.

Claim (Index 23):
The method of  claim 21 , further comprising:\n transferring the via opening pattern from the hardmask layer into the etchstop layer; removing the hardmask layer from over the etchstop layer; and transferring the via opening pattern from the etchstop layer into the second dielectric layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 22.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.08333
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15776755', '15748138', '14866693', '11219315', '15574816']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8595784488276277
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4999517812152502
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.82361578206639
- Mean Citation Score: 227.050938
- Max Citation Score: 259.5555
- Similarity Product: 192.82554822528363

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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