PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15942938
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "773000"]

Abstract:
Methods of forming semiconductor device structures include forming trenches in an array region and in a buried digit line end region, forming a metal material in the trenches, filling the trenches with a mask material, removing mask the mask material in the trenches to expose a portion of the metal material, and removing the exposed portion of the metal material. A plurality of conductive contacts is formed in direct contact with the metal material in the buried digit line end region. Methods of forming a buried digit line contact include forming conductive contacts physically contacting metal material in trenches in a buried digit line end region. Vertical memory devices and apparatuses include metallic connections disposed between a buried digit line and a conductive contact in a buried digit line end region.

Claim (Index 16):
The apparatus of  claim 14 , wherein each of the buried word lines is higher in level than the at least one buried bit line.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 19.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.83673
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13354957', '13404759', '13354982', '14079821', '10429643']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.927869771644276
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5166946616069927
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8867522606405477
- Mean Citation Score: 232.690534
- Max Citation Score: 295.00375
- Similarity Product: 196.6110939177871

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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