PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16391600
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "522000"]

Abstract:
A memory device with a dielectric layer or an air gap between contacts and a method of making the same are disclosed. The method comprises a series of steps including forming a plurality of conductive lines having trenches therebetween; forming a contact layer in the trench; and forming a dielectric layer interposed in the contact layer and configured to divide the contact layer into two contacts. The method also comprises removing the dielectric layer to form a space and forming a cap layer over the two contacts to form an air gap therein. The method further comprises forming a second air gap between the conductive line and the two contacts.

Claim (Index 13):
The microelectronic device of  claim 12 , further comprising:\n a first dielectric material located on sidewalls of each of the gate structures; and a second dielectric material located on sidewalls of each of the two contacts, wherein each of the first dielectric material, the second dielectric material, and the cap material comprise the same material with no boundaries therebetween.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.14815
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14993099', '13443133', '15173132', '16049849', '10162173']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9013434609593924
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4840653344893783
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8596156483123911
- Mean Citation Score: 140.853454
- Max Citation Score: 165.7338
- Similarity Product: 115.44901259837152

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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