PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16051293
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["257", "410000"]

Abstract:
A FinFET structure with a gate structure having two notch features therein and a method of forming the same is disclosed. The FinFET notch features ensure that sufficient spacing is provided between the gate structure and source/drain regions of the FinFET to avoid inadvertent shorting of the gate structure to the source/drain regions. Gate structures of different sizes (e.g., different gate widths) and of different pattern densities can be provided on a same substrate and avoid inadvertent of shorting the gate to the source/drain regions through application of the notched features.

Claim (Index 1):
A FinFET device, the FinFET device comprising:\n a fin supported by a substrate; and a gate structure having two notch features individually in a first portion over the fin and a second portion overlapped with sidewalls of the fin, wherein a profile of the two notch features comprises:\n a first width at a top surface of the first portion; \n a second width at a top surface of the second portion; \n a third width at a middle position of the second portion; \n a fourth width at a bottom surface of the second portion; \n a first height from the first width to the second width; \n a second height from the second width to the third width; and \n a third height from the third width to the fourth width, \n wherein the third width is smaller than the second width and a difference between the third width and the second width is in a range between 0.001 nm and 25 nm; and the second height is in a range between 0.001 nm and 25 nm.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.90196
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15002287', '15445664', '14737066', '14942491', '14942580']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.90845381511125
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4789187912214959
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8655003127222747
- Mean Citation Score: 165.096746
- Max Citation Score: 198.97803
- Similarity Product: 152.2918407954812

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