PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15873904
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["438", "245000"]

Abstract:
A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same are disclosed. First, a substrate having a main surface is provided. At least a trench is formed in the substrate. A barrier layer is formed in the trench and a conductive material is formed on the barrier layer and filling up the trench. The barrier layer and the conductive material are then recessed to be lower than the upper surface of the substrate. After that, an oxidation process is performed to oxidize the barrier layer and the conductive material thereby forming an insulating layer.

Claim (Index 6):
The method of forming a semiconductor device according to  claim 1 , wherein the oxidization process is an in-situ steam generation (ISSG) process.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.04
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15872996', '13745867', '15713798', '15706403', '12247266']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8618997247024051
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4943348192390285
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8251432341560674
- Mean Citation Score: 175.97608
- Max Citation Score: 196.11401
- Similarity Product: 130.36452818385422

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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