PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16046814
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["257", "324000"]

Abstract:
Methods and structures of a three-dimensional memory device are disclosed. In an example, the memory device includes a substrate, a first tier of conductor layers of a first length comprising a first plurality of conductor layers extending along a first direction over the substrate. The first direction is substantially parallel to a top surface of the substrate. In some embodiments, the memory device also includes at least one connection portion conductively connecting two or more conductor layers of the first tier, and a first metal contact via conductively shared by connected conductor layers of the first tier and connected to a first metal interconnect.

Claim (Index 8):
The memory device of  claim 1 , further comprising a second tier of conductor layers of a second length comprising a second plurality of conductor layers extending along the first direction over the substrate, at least one other connection portion along the first direction, an other plurality of first insulating portions under the second tier of conductor layers, and at least one other second insulating portion under the at least one other connection portion, a second metal contact via, the second length being different from the first length, wherein:\n the at least one other connection portion conductively connects two or more conductor layers of the second tier of conductor layers; the second metal contact via is conductively shared by connected conductor layers of the second tier and is connected to a second metal interconnect; the second tier of conductor layers and the first tier of conductor layers have a same number of conductor layers; the second tier of conductor layers and the at least one other connection portion are respectively aligned with the first tier of conductor layers and the at least one connection portion along a third direction substantially perpendicular to the top surface of the substrate; the second plurality of conductor layers of the second tier of conductor layers is substantially of a same second height over the substrate, the second height being different from the first height; and the second tier of conductor layers and the at least one other connection portion are formed from a same piece of material of substantially the same second height.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15269041', '15046740', '14614757', '15611220', '15269294']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9026715551850288
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.476664742015825
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8600708738681084
- Mean Citation Score: 208.807618
- Max Citation Score: 214.31035
- Similarity Product: 176.01051650548575

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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