PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16003766
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["257", "773000"]

Abstract:
Methods for forming high aspect-ratio conductive regions of a metallization network with reduced grain boundaries are described. Aspects of the invention include forming a trench in a dielectric material on the substrate. A conductive material is formed in the trench, wherein the conductive material includes a first grain boundary level. Portions of the dielectric material are removed to expose sidewalls of the conductive material. The conductive material is annealed to reduce the first grain boundary level.

Claim (Index 19):
The method of  claim 18  further comprising:\n forming a liner layer on the first conductive material and the second conductive material; \n depositing a second dielectric material over the liner layer; and \n forming one or more airgaps in the second dielectric material between the first conductive material and the second conductive material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82222
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15202656', '15609594', '12127878', '15295250', '11468392']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.914794009581326
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4900612246328468
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8723207310864782
- Mean Citation Score: 202.77514
- Max Citation Score: 221.73166
- Similarity Product: 161.15892406443356

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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