PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16028496
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["438", "717000"]

Abstract:
A method includes forming a mask layer over a target layer. A first etching process is performed on the mask layer to form a first opening and a second opening in the mask layer. A second etching process is performed on the mask layer to reduce an end-to-end spacing between the first opening and the second opening. The first etching process and the second etching process have different anisotropy properties. A pattern of the mask layer is transferred to the target layer.

Claim (Index 8):
A method comprising:\n forming a mask layer over a target layer; performing a first etching process on the mask layer to form a first opening and a second opening in the mask layer, the first etching process being isotropic in a first plane parallel to a top surface of the target layer, the first opening and the second opening having a first end-to-end spacing; performing a second etching process on the mask layer to form an enlarged first opening and an enlarged second opening in the mask layer, the second etching process being anisotropic in the first plane parallel to the top surface of the target layer, the enlarged first opening and the enlarged second opening having a second end-to-end spacing, the first end-to-end spacing being different from the second end-to-end spacing; and etching the target layer using the mask layer as an etch mask.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 16.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.41667
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15395310', '15923072', '13728277', '16004086', '15812750']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8398396321230233
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4495797090912768
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8008136398198487
- Mean Citation Score: 121.0620298
- Max Citation Score: 131.35332
- Similarity Product: 107.63606370734452

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

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