PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16043869
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["257", "077000"]

Abstract:
A method of forming an array comprising using two different composition masking materials in forming a pattern of spaced repeating first features of substantially same size and substantially same shape relative one another. A pattern-interrupting second feature of at least one of different size or different shape compared to that of the first features is within and interrupts the pattern of first features. The pattern of the first features with the pattern-interrupting second feature are translated into lower substrate material that is below the first features and the pattern-interrupting second feature. Material of the first features and of the pattern-interrupting second feature that is above the lower substrate material is removed at least one of during or after the translating. After the removing, the pattern-interrupting second feature in the lower substrate material is used as a reference location to reckon which of the two different composition masking materials was used to make first spaces between the first features in an analysis area in the material that was above the lower substrate material or which of the two different composition masking materials was used to make second spaces between the first features in the analysis area that alternate with the first spaces. Structure independent of method is disclosed.

Claim (Index 22):
The method of  claim 11  comprising:\n removing the mask comprising the sidewall masses; \n after removing the mask comprising the sidewall masses, forming longitudinally-elongated and laterally-spaced parallel masking lines comprising photoimaging material above the target lines, the masking lines being angled relative to the target lines, the masking lines comprising:\n (c): a masking bridge comprising the photoimaging material extending laterally between and interconnecting two immediately-laterally-adjacent of the masking lines, or \n (d): a longitudinal masking gap extending completely laterally across one of the masking lines; \n \n forming side masses of different composition from that of the photoimaging material masking lines along opposing sidewalls of individual of the masking lines and along opposing sidewalls of the (c) or (d), immediately-adjacent of the side masses that are laterally between immediately-adjacent of the individual masking lines having fourth spaces there-between; \n removing the masking lines from between the side masses to form fifth spaces between the side masses that laterally alternate with the fourth spaces; and \n after removing the masking lines, using the side masses as a mask while etching into lower sub-material to form longitudinally-elongated and parallel targeting lines having sixth spaces laterally there-between, two immediately-laterally-adjacent of the targeting lines having a longitudinal targeting gap extending completely laterally across individual of and completely laterally between said two immediately-laterally-adjacent targeting lines at least in part as a result of the (c) or (d), an interconnecting bridge extending laterally between and interconnecting longitudinal ends of said two immediately-laterally-adjacent targeting lines at opposite longitudinal ends of the longitudinal targeting gap.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.81579
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16021683', '12874781', '16021709', '14788890', '13463468']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9268634216918816
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5139053210070709
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8855676116234005
- Mean Citation Score: 287.637746
- Max Citation Score: 313.05392
- Similarity Product: 236.21639652141567

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

Dataset: test