PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15889514
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "316000"]

Abstract:
A reinforced vertical-NAND structure is provided. The reinforced vertical-NAND structure includes a first set of interleaved oxide and nitride layers formed into first and second vertical structures. The first vertical structure rises from a first section of a substrate and the second vertical structure rises from a second section of the substrate. The reinforced vertical-NAND structure also includes a reinforcing layer and a second set of interleaved oxide and nitride layers formed into third and fourth vertical structures. The reinforcing layer includes sheets, which are distinct and laid across respective tops of the first and second vertical structures, and bridges connecting the sheets. The third vertical structure rises from the sheet corresponding to the first vertical structure and the fourth vertical structure rises from the sheet corresponding to the second vertical structure.

Claim (Index 24):
A method of assembling a reinforced-NAND structure, the method comprising:\n alternately depositing oxide and nitride on a substrate to form interleaved oxide and nitride layers; depositing reinforcing layer material on an uppermost oxide layer to form a reinforcing layer; alternately depositing oxide and nitride on the reinforcing layer to form interleaved oxide and nitride layers; forming poly-silicon lined oxide posts through the oxide, nitride and reinforcing layers; etching portions of the oxide and nitride layers above the reinforcing layer down to the reinforcing layer; etching exposed portions of the reinforcing layer into bridges; and etching portions of the oxide and nitride layers below the reinforcing layer down to the substrate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.97872
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14825408', '14825405', '14825506', '15863205', '15159034']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.895260414080381
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4903737243772791
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8547717451100708
- Mean Citation Score: 190.880192
- Max Citation Score: 197.72623
- Similarity Product: 143.71281473873498

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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