PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16265110
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["257", "401000"]

Abstract:
FinFET devices and processes to prevent fin or gate collapse (e.g., flopover) in finFET devices are provided. The method includes forming a first set of trenches in a semiconductor material and filling the first set of trenches with insulator material. The method further includes forming a second set of trenches in the semiconductor material, alternating with the first set of trenches that are filled. The second set of trenches form semiconductor structures which have a dimension of fin structures. The method further includes filling the second set of trenches with insulator material. The method further includes recessing the insulator material within the first set of trenches and the second set of trenches to form the fin structures.

Claim (Index 5):
A method, comprising:\n forming a first trench in a semiconductor material; forming a first liner on sidewalls of the first trench; forming a first epitaxial growth at a base of the first trench; forming a first insulator material on the first epitaxial growth; forming a second trench in the semiconductor material, the first trench and the second trench defining a feature in the semiconductor material; forming a second liner on sidewalls of the second trench; forming a second epitaxial growth at a base of the second trench; and forming a second insulator material on the second epitaxial growth.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 27.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.70213
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15182048', '15417597', '15813277', '14750013', '16115967']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.921679611153858
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5446895085459104
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8839806008930632
- Mean Citation Score: 364.81540200000006
- Max Citation Score: 388.9918
- Similarity Product: 315.3348775969386

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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