PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16185137
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["257", "773000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed are semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the same. The method comprises sequentially forming a target layer and a first mask layer on a substrate, patterning the first mask layer to form a first opening in the first mask layer, forming a spacer covering an inner wall of the first opening, forming on the first mask layer a first photoresist pattern having a second opening vertically overlapping at least a portion of the spacer, forming a third opening in the first mask layer that is adjacent to the first opening by using the spacer as a mask to remove a portion of the first mask layer that is exposed to the second opening, and using the first mask layer and the spacer as a mask to pattern the target layer.

Claim (Index 4):
The method of  claim 3 ,\n wherein patterning the first mask layer to form the first opening further comprises forming a protective layer covering a top surface of the first mask layer, wherein, when the sidewall of the patterned first mask layer is etched, the protective layer protects the top surface of the first mask layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.65385
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13485230', '15179971', '16141923', '15704963', '16037460']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9062786895194348
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4957957982663519
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8652304003941266
- Mean Citation Score: 188.017006
- Max Citation Score: 194.4369
- Similarity Product: 135.60446114248035

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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