PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16228924
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["257", "401000"]

Abstract:
A FinFET device and a method of forming the same are provided. A method includes forming a fin over a substrate. An isolation region is formed adjacent the fin. A dummy gate structure is formed over the fin. The fin adjacent the dummy gate structure is recessed to form a first recess. The first recess has a U-shaped bottom surface. The U-shaped bottom surface is below a top surface of the isolation region. The first recess is reshaped to form a reshaped first recess. The reshaped first recess has a V-shaped bottom surface. At least a portion of the V-shaped bottom surface comprises one or more steps. A source/drain region is epitaxially grown in the reshaped first recess.

Claim (Index 19):
The device of  claim 16 , wherein a width of the epitaxial region narrows as the epitaxial region extends into the semiconductor strip.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.48077
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15436568', '15789257', '15829705', '15665968', '15726074']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9225325633568792
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5357672830588304
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8838560353270742
- Mean Citation Score: 309.87939399999993
- Max Citation Score: 359.34103
- Similarity Product: 348.45740137244235

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

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