PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16390715
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "773000"]

Abstract:
A method embodiment includes forming a hard mask over a dielectric layer and forming a first metal line and a second metal line extending through the hard mask into the dielectric layer. The method further includes removing the hard mask, wherein removing the hard mask defines an opening between the first metal line and the second metal line. A liner is then formed over the first metal line, the second metal line, and the dielectric layer, wherein the liner covers sidewalls and a bottom surface of the opening.

Claim (Index 16):
The semiconductor device of  claim 15 , wherein the first liner comprises aluminum oxide, aluminum oxynitride, or a combination thereof, and wherein the second liner comprises silicon oxycarbide, silicon oxynitride, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, or a combination thereof.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.4359
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14081752', '14688895', '14497052', '14080030', '15893050']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.910083080325472
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4952909572557731
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.868603868018502
- Mean Citation Score: 184.508812
- Max Citation Score: 232.14066
- Similarity Product: 175.08133939439534

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

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