PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15933812
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "401000"]

Abstract:
In some embodiments, a semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor fin that extends from a substrate. The first semiconductor fin has source and drain regions, which are separated from one another by a channel region in the first semiconductor fin. A gate overlies an upper surface and sidewalls of the channel region. A contact is coupled to the source or drain region of the first semiconductor fin, where the source or drain region includes a layer of epitaxial material with a substantially diamond-shaped cross-section. The contact surrounds the source or drain region on top and bottom surfaces of the substantially diamond-shaped cross-section. A first capping material is arranged along outer sidewalls of the first semiconductor fin under the contact. The first capping material has an uppermost surface that is spaced below a lowermost surface of the contact by a non-zero distance.

Claim (Index 10):
The semiconductor device of  claim 9 , wherein the first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin extend laterally in parallel, and wherein the contact residue is disposed between the first source region and the second source region or the first drain region and the second drain region.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 19.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.27536
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15231967', '14196320', '14225912', '14599246', '14880454']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9260198223913784
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4967044591368065
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.883088286065921
- Mean Citation Score: 198.556098
- Max Citation Score: 249.79156
- Similarity Product: 197.752758396132

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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