PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15878009
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["700", "121000"]

Abstract:
A method of generating a layout of an IC includes identifying a target pin in a first cell in an IC layout, the first cell being adjacent to a second cell and sharing a boundary with the second cell, and determining whether or not the target pin is capable of being extended into the second cell. Based on a determination that the target pin is capable of being extended into the second cell, the target pin is modified to include an extension into the second cell, the target pin thereby crossing the shared boundary. At least one of the identifying, determining, or modifying is executed by a processor of a computer.

Claim (Index 15):
An integrated circuit (IC) layout generation system comprising:\n a processor; and a non-transitory, computer readable storage medium including computer program code for one or more programs, the non-transitory, computer readable storage medium and the computer program code being configured to, with the processor, cause the system to:\n receive a first cell, the first cell comprising a first metal zero structure; \n receive a second cell; \n place the first cell adjacent to the second cell in an IC layout, the first cell and the second cell thereby sharing a boundary; \n receive a metal zero spacing rule; \n based on the metal zero spacing rule, extend the first metal zero structure across the border and into the second cell; and \n generate a layout of a semiconductor structure based on the first cell and the second cell.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 33.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.30769
- Patent Class: 700.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14809698', '13908096', '14011790', '14528314', '13352738']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3820760247261276
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4478606778930408
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3886544900428189
- Mean Citation Score: 126.35477799999998
- Max Citation Score: 129.55418
- Similarity Product: 100.50244809490678

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

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