PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15895895
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["257", "774000"]

Abstract:
A method includes depositing a dielectric structure on a first conductive structure, etching the dielectric structure to form a via opening, etching the dielectric structure to form a trench over the via opening, depositing a first protective layer on a bottom surface of the trench, filling the trench and the via opening with a second conductive structure, and removing the first protective layer to form an air gap between the second conductive structure and the dielectric structure.

Claim (Index 10):
A method, comprising:\n depositing a dielectric structure over a non-insulator structure; depositing a mask layer over the dielectric structure; forming a first opening through the dielectric structure and a second opening through the mask layer; depositing a first protective layer over the dielectric structure and the mask layer; etching the first protective layer and the dielectric structure to form a trench in the dielectric structure, wherein the trench is defined by the second opening; and depositing a conductive structure in the trench and the via opening.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.44118
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14985157', '14983412', '15893050', '13092037', '15131608']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9176520544074952
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4571013472360353
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8715969836903493
- Mean Citation Score: 162.231782
- Max Citation Score: 170.74
- Similarity Product: 144.81246186494832

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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