PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15972628
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["257", "072000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments are related to systems and methods for forming vias in a substrate, and more particularly to systems and methods for reducing substrate surface disruption during via formation.

Claim (Index 32):
A method for forming a substrate including both a via and a non-via structure, the method comprising:\n laser damaging a substrate using a quasi-non-diffracting beam through a transparent eruption mitigation layer to yield a damage track extending from a first surface of the substrate to a second surface of the substrate at a location where a via is to be formed; forming a non-via structure on the substrate after the laser damage; forming a protective coating over at least a portion of the non-via structure and a surface of the substrate; after forming the protective coating, etching the substrate such that substrate material around the damage track is removed at a higher rate than substrate material at other locations on the substrate, wherein a via is formed at a location corresponding to the damage track; and conformally coating the inner walls of the via with a conductive material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.30435
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11129105', '11777797', '11551286', '12139068', '12659910']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9072690705381103
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4626713226516599
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8628092957494653
- Mean Citation Score: 125.9551432
- Max Citation Score: 127.80169
- Similarity Product: 93.22873471368668

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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