PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16128962
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["438", "700000"]

Abstract:
Processing methods comprising selectively orthogonally growing a first material through a mask to provide an expanded first material are described. The mask can be removed leaving the expanded first material extending orthogonally from the surface of the first material. Further processing can create a self-aligned via.

Claim (Index 13):
The method of  claim 11 , further comprising removing the gapfill metal from the surface of the third material, leaving the gapfill metal in the openings of the third material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.48485
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15718148', '15805753', '15801949', '16006402', '15951726']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8619021135607675
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5195872436495678
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8276706265696475
- Mean Citation Score: 210.554086
- Max Citation Score: 317.0892
- Similarity Product: 240.32685635619163

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