PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15923064
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["365", "185020"]

Abstract:
A three-dimensional stacked memory device is configured to provide uniform programming speeds of different sets of memory strings formed in memory holes. In a process for removing sacrificial material from word line layers, a block oxide layer in the memory holes is etched away relatively more when the memory hole is relatively closer to an edge of the word line layers where an etchant is introduced. A thinner block oxide layer is associated with a faster programming speed. To compensate, memory strings at the edges of the word line layers are programmed together, separate from the programming of interior memory strings. A program operation can use a higher initial program voltage for programming the interior memory strings compared to the edge memory strings.

Claim (Index 11):
The memory device of  claim 9 , wherein:\n the one row of NAND strings comprise select gate transistors connected to one another; the another row of NAND strings comprise select gate transistors connected to one another; the additional row of NAND strings comprise select gate transistors connected to one another; the select gate transistors of the one row of NAND strings are connected to the select gate transistors of the additional row of NAND strings; and the select gate transistors of the one row of NAND strings are not connected to the select gate transistors of the another row of NAND strings.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.87143
- Patent Class: 365.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15437718', '15430299', '15889519', '15615972', '15678683']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8179668967513335
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5017976804129984
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7863499751175
- Mean Citation Score: 241.340228
- Max Citation Score: 280.57614
- Similarity Product: 203.3473351074672

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test