PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15860357
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["257", "254000"]

Abstract:
Representative methods for sealing MEMS devices include depositing insulating material over a substrate, forming conductive vias in a first set of layers of the insulating material, and forming metal structures in a second set of layers of the insulating material. The first and second sets of layers are interleaved in alternation. A dummy insulating layer is provided as an upper-most layer of the first set of layers. Portions of the first and second set of layers are etched to form void regions in the insulating material. A conductive pad is formed on and in a top surface of the insulating material. The void regions are sealed with an encapsulating structure. At least a portion of the encapsulating structure is laterally adjacent the dummy insulating layer, and above a top surface of the conductive pad. An etch is performed to remove at least a portion of the dummy insulating layer.

Claim (Index 18):
A micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) device, comprising:\n an insulating layer over a substrate, the insulating layer comprising first layers and second layers interleaved with the first layers; a void region in the insulating layer, the void region comprising first set of openings in the first layer and second set of openings in the second layers, wherein the first set of openings and the second set of openings are connected and form a continuous opening; a seal structure over the insulating layer, the seal structure sealing the void region to form an enclosed cavity; an active membrane embedded in a first portion of the insulating layer, wherein an upper surface of the first portion of the insulating layer contacts the seal structure, and is exposed to an ambient air, and wherein a lower surface of the first portion of the insulating layer is exposed to the enclosed cavity; and a reference membrane in the insulating layer and under the void region.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.38806
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15066799', '15694176', '10170184', '13995924', '14126271']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.902718277936765
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4967828025070314
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8621247303937916
- Mean Citation Score: 160.510252
- Max Citation Score: 273.58887000000004
- Similarity Product: 233.4017964688808

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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