PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16109679
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["257", "774000"]

Abstract:
An interconnect layout structure, having a plurality of air gaps, includes a substrate having an insulating material disposed thereon and a conductive line disposed in the insulating material and extending along a first direction. The air gaps are formed in the insulating material and are arranged end-to-end along the first direction and immediately adjacent to a same side of the conductive line. A patterned hard mask is disposed on the conductive line and has a sidewall extending along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and passing between the adjacent air gaps from the top view. A via structure is formed on the conductive line and is electrically connected to the conductive line.

Claim (Index 9):
An interconnect structure, comprising:\n a substrate comprising an insulating material disposed thereon; a plurality of conductive lines disposed in the insulating material, extending along a first direction and arranged in parallel along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction from a top view; a plurality of air gaps disposed in the insulating material between the conductive lines and arranged end-to-end along the first direction; a patterned hard mask disposed on the conductive lines, extending along the second direction and stretching across the conductive lines from the top view, wherein the patterned hard mask does not overlap with the air gaps; and at least a via structure disposed on an overlapping area of the patterned hard mask and the conductive lines and penetrating through the patterned hard mask to electrically connected to one of the conductive lines.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 21.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.14035
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15007212', '09686323', '15343712', '10894024', '13190310']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9177104856166042
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5378284720893998
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8797222842638838
- Mean Citation Score: 262.761728
- Max Citation Score: 385.27985
- Similarity Product: 297.1881943856061

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

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