PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15874041
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["438", "653000"]

Abstract:
In one implementation, a method of forming a cobalt layer on a substrate is provided. The method comprises forming a barrier and/or liner layer on a substrate having a feature definition formed in a first surface of the substrate, wherein the barrier and/or liner layer is formed on a sidewall and bottom surface of the feature definition. The method further comprises exposing the substrate to a ruthenium precursor to form a ruthenium-containing layer on the barrier and/or liner layer. The method further comprises exposing the substrate to a cobalt precursor to form a cobalt seed layer atop the ruthenium-containing layer. The method further comprises forming a bulk cobalt layer on the cobalt seed layer to fill the feature definition.

Claim (Index 16):
The method of  claim 13 , further comprising annealing the bulk cobalt layer at a temperature between about 100 degrees Celsius and about 900 degrees in a hydrogen-containing atmosphere.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.93023
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15364780', '14482601', '11733929', '15823422', '14601685']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9052219900153564
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5149810778065371
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8661978987944744
- Mean Citation Score: 299.21953799999994
- Max Citation Score: 314.6906
- Similarity Product: 213.64468738381865

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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