PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15936434
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["257", "773000"]

Abstract:
A microelectronic device includes a metal layer on a first dielectric layer. An etch stop layer is disposed over the metal layer and on the dielectric layer directly adjacent to the metal layer. The etch stop layer includes a metal oxide, and is less than 10 nanometers thick. A second dielectric layer is disposed over the etch stop layer. The second dielectric layer is removed from an etched region which extends down to the etch stop layer. The etched region extends at least partially over the metal layer. In one version of the microelectronic device, the etch stop layer may extend over the metal layer in the etched region. In another version, the etch stop layer may be removed in the etched region. The microelectronic device is formed by etching the second dielectric layer using a plasma etch process, stopping on the etch stop layer.

Claim (Index 20):
The method of  claim 13 , further comprising forming a wire bond through the etch stop layer to the metal layer in the etched region.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.72414
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15793690', '15793607', '15714169', '14715546', '13273771']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.914715999873266
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5069933192558418
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8739437318115236
- Mean Citation Score: 210.556408
- Max Citation Score: 225.92691
- Similarity Product: 132.67638458232878

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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