PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16385271
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "421000"]

Abstract:
The present application relates to a method for forming a top-electrode cap structure on a memory cell. In some embodiments, a method for forming a top-electrode cap structure on a memory cell. The method includes providing a memory cell comprising a top electrode, a bottom electrode, and a resistive memory element sandwiched between the top and bottom electrodes. An etch is performed into an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer covering the memory cell to form a via opening exposing the top electrode of the memory cell. A getter layer is then formed to line the via opening, and further, over and abutting the top electrode of the memory cell. An oxygen-resistant layer is formed over and abutting the getter layer.

Claim (Index 2):
The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:\n cleaning an uppermost surface of the top electrode to remove oxidation on the uppermost surface before the forming of the getter layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.2
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15687976', '16202493', '14645683', '15715487', '15362153']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9101292916102884
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.521979826705114
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8713143451197709
- Mean Citation Score: 219.048454
- Max Citation Score: 281.3431
- Similarity Product: 164.88760617073774

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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