PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15924143
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["438", "268000"]

Abstract:
Some embodiments include a memory array which has a stack of alternating first and second levels. Channel material pillars extend through the stack, and vertically-stacked memory cell strings are along the channel material pillars. A common source is under the stack and electrically coupled to the channel material pillars. The common source has conductive protective material over and directly against metal silicide, with the conductive protective material being a composition other than metal silicide. Some embodiments include methods of fabricating integrated structures.

Claim (Index 37):
The method of  claim 32  wherein the forming of the conductive protective material over and directly against the oxygen-sensitive metal silicide comprises:\n utilization of one or more reductants to remove any oxides from over a region of the oxygen-sensitive metal silicide and thereby expose a clean surface of the oxygen-sensitive metal silicide; and \n formation of the conductive protective material on said clean surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.64815
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15049097', '14281569', '13835551', '13485892', '12872705']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8672283647998013
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5162027841989977
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8321258067397209
- Mean Citation Score: 214.351304
- Max Citation Score: 291.3123
- Similarity Product: 198.33559491840003

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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