PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15897842
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["438", "687000"]

Abstract:
Conductive structures and method of manufacture thereof are disclosed. A barrier layer can line the first recess of a substrate. A first seed layer can be formed on the barrier layer and line a bottom of the first recess and partially line sidewalls of the recess. A first conductive material can partially fill the first recess to form a second recess. The top surface of the first conductive material can coincide with a vertical extent of the first seed layer and have a depression formed therein. A second seed layer can be formed on the barrier layer and line the second recess. A second conductive material can fill the second recess.

Claim (Index 16):
A method, comprising:\n etching a trench in a substrate; lining the trench with a first seed layer; treating an upper portion of the first seed layer with a first treatment, wherein a lower portion of the first seed layer remains untreated; partially filling the trench with a first conductive material on the lower portion of the first seed layer, wherein the first treatment causes the upper portion of the first seed layer to be substantially free of the first conductive material; and removing the upper portion of the first seed layer, wherein removing the upper portion removes portions of the first seed layer that have been treated.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.74419
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14333961', '15414388', '11602885', '15583789', '15282440']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8479211792304867
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4806649724692269
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8111955585543608
- Mean Citation Score: 167.855214
- Max Citation Score: 206.22862
- Similarity Product: 159.47227565714118

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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