PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16165296
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["134", "034000"]

Abstract:
Some embodiments include methods of removing particles from over surfaces of semiconductor substrates. Liquid may be flowed across the surfaces and the particles. While the liquid is flowing, electrophoresis and/or electroosmosis may be utilized to enhance transport of the particles from the surfaces and into the liquid. In some embodiments, temperature, pH and/or ionic strength within the liquid may be altered to assist in the removal of the particles from over the surfaces of the substrates.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of removing particles from surfaces of a plurality semiconductor substrates, comprising:\n placing the semiconductor substrates within a bath of flowing liquid; while the semiconductor substrates are within the bath, exposing the semiconductor substrate surfaces to varying conditions which include one or more of continuously varying temperature, continuously varying ionic strength, and continuously varying pH; and while the semiconductor substrate surfaces are exposed to the varying conditions, imparting at least one electric field to the surfaces; the electric field enhancing transport of particles from the surfaces into the liquid.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.88636
- Patent Class: 134.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13535322', '14605218', '12350789', '12136661', '12035008']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8294340287581013
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4970057312148651
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7961911990037778
- Mean Citation Score: 207.897996
- Max Citation Score: 284.55392
- Similarity Product: 248.4131710626221

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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