PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16390385
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["216", "067000"]

Abstract:
Thermal atomic layer etching processes are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods comprise at least one etch cycle in which the substrate is alternately and sequentially exposed to a first vapor phase halide reactant and a second vapor halide reactant. In some embodiments, the first reactant may comprise an organic halide compound. During the thermal ALE cycle, the substrate is not contacted with a plasma reactant.

Claim (Index 3):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein the film comprises one or more metals.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.55319
- Patent Class: 216.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15835272', '16390319', '15835212', '16390540', '15835262']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8242451237891991
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5292976383759084
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7947503752478701
- Mean Citation Score: 350.802074
- Max Citation Score: 366.72592
- Similarity Product: 343.52989159653663

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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