PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15963451
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["438", "664000"]

Abstract:
Methods for forming a metal silicide film with low resistivity at low temperature are described. A metal silicide film is formed on a substrate surface and annealed at high pressure and low temperature.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of processing a substrate, the method comprising:\n forming a metal silicide film on a surface of a substrate; and annealing the metal silicide film at a temperature of less than 400 degrees Celsius and a pressure greater than about 1 bar to form a metal silicide layer with low resistivity.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.4
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15240410', '14975231', '14975028', '12339672', '15186950']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8631262075924194
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4984678001092277
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8266603668441003
- Mean Citation Score: 220.06974600000004
- Max Citation Score: 260.26657
- Similarity Product: 202.85604393945096

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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