PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16128962
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["438", "700000"]

Abstract:
Processing methods comprising selectively orthogonally growing a first material through a mask to provide an expanded first material are described. The mask can be removed leaving the expanded first material extending orthogonally from the surface of the first material. Further processing can create a self-aligned via.

Claim (Index 18):
An electronic device comprising:\n a first material and a second material on a substrate, the first material comprising a metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Mo, W, Ta, Ti, Ru, Rh, Cu, Fe, Mn, V, Nb, Hf, Zr, Y, Al, Sn, Cr, La and combinations thereof, and the second material comprising a dielectric; a third material on the first material and the second material, the third material comprising a dielectric and having at least one opening aligned with the first material; and a gapfill metal filling the at least one opening of the third material therethrough to the first material and forming an electrical contact with the first material, the gapfill metal comprising one or more of titanium, hafnium, zirconium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, rhenium, technetium, iron, aluminum, or gallium.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.48485
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15718148', '15805753', '15801949', '16006402', '15951726']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8617363604814434
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5232878735175697
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.827891511785056
- Mean Citation Score: 210.554086
- Max Citation Score: 317.0892
- Similarity Product: 212.72538783345223

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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