PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15869541
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["257", "072000"]

Abstract:
A method of forming isolation pillars for a gate structure, the method including: providing a preliminary structure including a substrate having a plurality of fins thereon, an STI formed between adjacent fins, an upper surface of the STIs extending higher than an upper surface of the fins, and a hardmask over the upper surface of the fins and between adjacent STIs; forming a first trench in a first selected STI and between adjacent fins in a gate region, and forming a second trench in a second selected STI and between adjacent fins in a TS region; and filling the first and second trenches with an isolation fill thereby forming a first isolation pillar in the gate region and a second isolation pillar in the TS region, the first and second isolation pillars extending below the upper surface of the STIs.

Claim (Index 2):
The method of  claim 1 , further comprising removing the hardmask and a portion of each STI, the removing revealing a top portion of the plurality of fins and a top portion of the first and second isolation pillars.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 31.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.94118
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15811957', '15811965', '15344256', '15811961', '15344272']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9218551427521604
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4872665604863289
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8783962845255772
- Mean Citation Score: 253.57327200000003
- Max Citation Score: 262.0921
- Similarity Product: 233.3166263016521

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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