PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16410973
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-05
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "324000"]

Abstract:
Some embodiments include a memory array which has a vertical stack of alternating insulative levels and wordline levels. The wordline levels have terminal ends corresponding to control gate regions. Charge-trapping material is along the control gate regions of the wordline levels and not along the insulative levels. The charge-trapping material is spaced from the control gate regions by charge-blocking material. Channel material extends vertically along the stack and is laterally spaced from the charge-trapping material by dielectric material. Some embodiments include methods of forming NAND memory arrays.

Claim (Index 4):
A NAND memory array, comprising:\n a vertical stack of alternating first and second levels; the first levels comprising first material, and the second levels comprising a conductive core material and a conductive liner material lining the conductive core material and having terminal ends along an opening extending through the first and second levels, the terminal ends corresponding to control gate regions; the first and second levels all having sidewall surfaces along the opening; segments of charge-trapping material along the sidewall surfaces of the second levels, the charge-trapping material being entirely within the opening; charge-tunneling material extending along the first and second levels, and spaced from the second levels by the charge-trapping material; and channel material within the opening extending along the charge-tunneling material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.02174
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16162672', '15422307', '15422335', '16031919', '16103669']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.926448028224528
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4849124642063369
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.882294471822709
- Mean Citation Score: 249.193312
- Max Citation Score: 257.96478
- Similarity Product: 230.64731191299683

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

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