PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15912383
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["427", "248100"]

Abstract:
A method of depositing germanium on one or more substrates is disclosed. The method includes placing a source of germanium and the substrate(s) in a vapor deposition system, and heating the source of germanium in the vapor deposition system at a temperature near, at or above a melting point of elemental germanium, while flowing an inert gas over the source of germanium towards the substrate(s) for a length of time sufficient to deposit the germanium onto the substrate(s). The source of germanium is in the solid phase at ambient or room temperature. The substrate(s) may be or include one or more silicon or silicon-coated substrates, gallium nitride substrates or silicon dioxide-based substrates. The method may further include cleaning the source of germanium and the substrate(s) prior to placing the source of germanium and the substrate(s) in the vapor deposition system. The source of germanium may be elemental germanium.

Claim (Index 9):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein said source of germanium is placed in a heat-resistant boat, disk or pan that does not react with the germanium source.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.66667
- Patent Class: 427.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11401578', '10866471', '12664173', '11431336', '12093279']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.796112799995084
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4980822411467016
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7663097441102458
- Mean Citation Score: 165.39658799999995
- Max Citation Score: 168.84991000000005
- Similarity Product: 105.03164518766644

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

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