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 8):
The method of  claim 7 , further comprising:\n lining the upper portion of the barrier layer with a second seed layer; and forming a second fill on the second seed layer, the second fill filling the trench.

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): 0.8465234473728607
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4915328936603386
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8110243920016086
- Mean Citation Score: 167.855214
- Max Citation Score: 206.22862
- Similarity Product: 142.04601567959787

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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