PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16036831
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["257", "401000"]

Abstract:
A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a fin-shaped structure on a substrate; forming a shallow trench isolation (STI) around the fin-shaped structure; forming a liner on the fin-shaped structure; and removing the liner and part of the fin-shaped structure so that a sidewall of the fin-shaped structure comprises a curve. Moreover, the method includes forming an epitaxial layer around the sidewall of the fin-shaped structure while a top surface of the fin-shaped structure is exposed.

Claim (Index 2):
The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:\n forming a liner on the fin-shaped structure; and removing the liner and part of the fin-shaped structure to form the curve.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.97778
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15496000', '15215554', '15618131', '14703904', '14979594']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9061902859358306
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4936095490496174
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8649322122472093
- Mean Citation Score: 163.700084
- Max Citation Score: 184.79352
- Similarity Product: 117.06900427505494

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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