PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16008756
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["257", "344000"]

Abstract:
Semiconductor structures and fabrication methods thereof are provided. An exemplary fabrication method includes providing a base substrate; forming a gate structure over the base substrate; forming a mask layer on a top surface of the gate structure; forming pocket regions in the base substrate at both sides of the gate structure; after forming the pocket regions, forming a first protective portion covering a top surface of the mask layer and protruding from sidewall surfaces of the gate structure; and after forming the first protective portion, forming doped source/drain regions in the base substrate and portions of the pocket regions at both sides of the gate structure.

Claim (Index 10):
The method according to  claim 9 , after forming the first protective portion and before forming the first doped source/drain regions, further comprising:\n forming a first capping film on the base substrate, top surfaces and sidewall surfaces of the gate structures; and removing portions of the first capping film on the base substrate in the first region and on the top and sidewall surfaces of the gate structure in the first region to form a first capping layer, wherein the first capping layer is made of silicon nitride.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.39583
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15909419', '15941225', '15971002', '15669322', '15394592']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9144955217763028
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4739806567922772
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8704440352779002
- Mean Citation Score: 201.675008
- Max Citation Score: 206.64642
- Similarity Product: 169.28783457620858

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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