PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15927551
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["257", "401000"]

Abstract:
According to embodiments, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a mask comprising a pattern of inert structures on a side of a first main surface of a semiconductor substrate. A semiconductor layer is formed over the first main surface, and the semiconductor substrate is thinned from a second main surface opposite to the first main surface. Thereafter, a semiconductor region laterally adjoining the inert structures is anisotropically etched.

Claim (Index 6):
The method according to  claim 1 , wherein etching is stopped as soon as the semiconductor region laterally adjoining the inert structures has been etched.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.83333
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13568797', '14866157', '13560109', '15808993', '14697266']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9166365914179314
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4908981894860168
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.87406275122474
- Mean Citation Score: 164.093678
- Max Citation Score: 171.87796
- Similarity Product: 111.20906883751871

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

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