PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15755425
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["438", "462000"]

Abstract:
A wafer has on one side a device area with a plurality of devices, partitioned by a plurality of division lines, and a peripheral marginal area formed around the device area. The device area is formed with a plurality of protrusions protruding from a plane surface of the wafer. The wafer is processed by providing a protective film, having a cushioning layer applied to a front surface thereof, attaching a front surface of the protective film, for covering the devices, wherein the protective film is adhered to at least the peripheral marginal area with an adhesive, and attaching a back surface of the protective film opposite to the front surface thereof to the cushioning layer. The protrusions are embedded in the cushioning. The side of the wafer opposite to the one side is ground for adjusting the wafer thickness.

Claim (Index 4):
The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising cutting the wafer along the division lines.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.51667
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15540165', '15251283', '12596047', '10575510', '15051755']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8634325348080117
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5055502966788813
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8276443109950987
- Mean Citation Score: 239.39393
- Max Citation Score: 299.4392
- Similarity Product: 256.33560972337733

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

Dataset: test