PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15882073
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "417000"]

Abstract:
A sensor device for use in harsh media, comprising a silicon die comprises a lowly doped region, and a contact layer, contacting the silicon die. The contact layer comprises a refractory metal and an ohmic contact to the silicon die via a silicide of the refractory metal. A noble metal layer is provided over the contact layer such that the contact layer is completely covered by the noble metal layer. The noble metal layer comprises palladium, platinum or a metal alloy of palladium and/or platinum. The noble metal layer is patterned to form an interconnect structure and a contact connecting via the contact layer to the ohmic contact. The noble metal layer is adapted for providing a shield to prevent modulation of the lowly doped region by surface charges. The noble metal layer may advantageously protect the contact layer against harsh media in an external environment of the sensor device.

Claim (Index 14):
The method of  claim 11 , wherein patterning said noble metal layer comprises applying a lift-off process.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.51562
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12953086', '10637102', '10637427', '10637108', '10637107']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9235697926863792
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4799877946782949
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8792115928855707
- Mean Citation Score: 194.806176
- Max Citation Score: 197.69328
- Similarity Product: 151.55327352190017

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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