PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15874205
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["257", "427000"]

Abstract:
One illustrative method disclosed herein includes forming an MRAM memory array and a plurality of peripheral circuits for an integrated circuit product above a semiconductor substrate, forming a patterned layer of a metal-containing shielding material above the substrate, the patterned layer of metal-containing shielding material covering the MRAM memory array while leaving an area above the plurality of peripheral circuits exposed, and, with the patterned layer of metal-containing shielding material in position, performing a silicon dangling bond passivation anneal process on the integrated circuit product.

Claim (Index 3):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein forming said patterned layer of metal-containing shielding material comprises:\n blanket-depositing a continuous layer of metal-containing shielding material above said semiconductor substrate; forming a patterned etch mask above said continuous layer of metal-containing shielding material, said patterned etch mask covering a first portion of said continuous layer of metal-containing shielding material positioned above said MRAM memory array while exposing a second portion of said continuous layer of metal-containing shielding material above said plurality of peripheral circuits; and with said patterned etch mask in position, performing at least one etching process to remove said exposed second portion of said continuous layer of metal-containing shielding material so as to thereby form said patterned layer of metal-containing shielding material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.89583
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15874077', '11368898', '11461457', '11339839', '12901845']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9179330177346916
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4880908682671724
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8749488027879396
- Mean Citation Score: 173.22834600000004
- Max Citation Score: 227.56474
- Similarity Product: 178.88889307898998

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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