PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15969119
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["438", "694000"]

Abstract:
Methods of forming self-aligned patterns are described. A film material is deposited on a patterned film to fill and cover features formed by the patterned film. The film material is recessed to a level below the top of the patterned film. The recessed film is converted to a metal film by exposure to a metal precursor followed by volumetric expansion of the metal film.

Claim (Index 13):
The method of  claim 11 , wherein recessing the film comprises exposing the film to a hydrogen plasma or hydrogen radicals.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 16.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.88889
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12044191', '15945117', '15925976', '15951637', '15621120']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8700417987497077
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4979172328096489
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8328293421557018
- Mean Citation Score: 195.232044
- Max Citation Score: 201.71313
- Similarity Product: 129.58975371567965

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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