PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15898618
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["257", "774000"]

Abstract:
Techniques are disclosed for insulating or electrically isolating select vias within a given interconnect layer, so a conductive routing can skip over those select isolated vias to reach other vias or interconnects in that same layer. Such a via blocking layer may be selectively implemented in any number of locations within a given interconnect as needed. Techniques for forming the via blocking layer are also provided, including a first methodology that uses a sacrificial passivation layer to facilitate selective deposition of insulator material that form the via blocking layer, a second methodology that uses spin-coating of wet-recessible polymeric formulations to facilitate selective deposition of insulator material that form the via blocking layer, and a third methodology that uses spin-coating of nanoparticle formulations to facilitate selective deposition of insulator material that form the via blocking layer. Harmful etching processes typically associated with conformal deposition processes is avoided.

Claim (Index 12):
The integrated circuit of  claim 11 , wherein the second layer is absent from the second trench and also absent from the third trench.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.97436
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15528427', '16302692', '15859412', '15527288', '15859353']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9183860511367647
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5012574175638855
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8766731877794768
- Mean Citation Score: 170.160914
- Max Citation Score: 211.91667
- Similarity Product: 134.87942818368674

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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