PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15894324
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["257", "774000"]

Abstract:
A method includes forming a first conductive feature and a second conductive feature, forming a metal pad over and electrically connected to the first conductive feature, and forming a passivation layer covering edge portions of the metal pad, with a center portion of a top surface of the metal pad exposed through an opening in the metal pad. A first dielectric layer is formed to cover the metal pad and the passivation layer. A bond pad is formed over the first dielectric layer, and the bond pad is electrically coupled to the second conductive feature. A second dielectric layer is deposited to encircle the bond pad. A planarization is performed to level a top surface of the second dielectric layer with the bond pad. At a time after the planarization is performed, an entirety of the top surface of the metal pad is in contact with dielectric materials.

Claim (Index 12):
The device of  claim 9  further comprising:\n a conductive via penetrating through the passivation layer and the dielectric layer; \n a second conductive line at a same level as the first conductive line; and \n a second bond pad at a same level as the first bond pad, wherein the second bond pad is electrically connected to the conductive pad through the first conductive line, the second conductive line, and the conductive via.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 19.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.05769
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14980044', '14742398', '15646721', '15143950', '13907875']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9104088266618396
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4865266915953424
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.86802061315519
- Mean Citation Score: 182.045754
- Max Citation Score: 211.85059
- Similarity Product: 155.89710829398808

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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