PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15882521
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["257", "314000"]

Abstract:
A three-dimensional memory array device can include mid-plane terrace regions between a pair of memory array regions. The electrically conductive layers of the three-dimensional memory array device continuously extend between the pair of memory array regions through a connection region, which is provided adjacent to the mid-plane terrace regions. Contact via structures contacting the electrically conductive layers can be provided in the mid-plane terrace regions, and through-memory-level via structures that extend through the alternating stack and connected to underlying lower metal interconnect structures and semiconductor devices can be provided through the mid-plane terrace region and/or through the connection region. Upper metal interconnect structures can connect the contact via structures and the through-memory-level via structures.

Claim (Index 3):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein each of the insulating layers and the electrically conductive layers within the alternating stack continuously extends between the first and second memory array regions in the connection region after formation of the electrically conductive layers and after formation of the first and second memory stack structures.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.26415
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15611220', '15877219', '15632983', '15488924', '15813579']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9442305045650818
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5679322407069305
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.9066006781792668
- Mean Citation Score: 405.285566
- Max Citation Score: 476.46417
- Similarity Product: 363.71341601263407

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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