PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15769432
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["257", "751000"]

Abstract:
An embodiment includes a transmitter comprising: an oxide layer between a substrate and an epitaxial silicon layer; a modulator included within the silicon layer and a hybrid laser on the silicon layer; wherein (a) the silicon layer is thinner directly adjacent the modulator than directly adjacent the laser; and (b) the silicon layer comprises gratings directly under the laser and directly contacting the oxide layer. Other embodiments are described herein.

Claim (Index 17):
An apparatus comprising:\n a via layer, including a dielectric, between a substrate and a metal layer; and an interconnect included in the via layer and coupled to the metal layer; wherein:\n the interconnect includes copper and a barrier layer that separates the copper from the dielectric; \n the barrier layer is (a) on a first sidewall of the interconnect at a horizontal thickness, and (b) along a bottom of the interconnect at a vertical thickness that is greater than the horizontal thickness; and \n the barrier layer includes an alloy including Tantalum and an element that includes at least one of Niobium, Tungsten, and Molybdenum.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.90476
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14175685', '10339185', '14204347', '14809266', '13666792']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9064514366293271
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.469322013454185
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8627384943118129
- Mean Citation Score: 150.454164
- Max Citation Score: 158.53513999999996
- Similarity Product: 118.29447476245876

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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