PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15939025
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["257", "774000"]

Abstract:
In one exemplary aspect, a method comprises providing a semiconductor structure having a substrate, one or more first dielectric layers over the substrate, a first metal plug in the one or more first dielectric layers, and one or more second dielectric layers over the one or more first dielectric layers and the first metal plug. The method further comprises etching a via hole into the one or more second dielectric layers to expose the first metal plug, etching a top surface of the first metal plug to create a recess thereon, and applying a metal corrosion protectant comprising a metal corrosion inhibitor to the top surface of the first metal plug.

Claim (Index 4):
The method of  claim 3 , wherein the pre-defined target profile is a bowl shape with a substantially smooth surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 19.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.64444
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14066889', '14175677', '15830008', '14316125', '15492113']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9116781795653442
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5064818462261319
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8711585462314231
- Mean Citation Score: 133.73901199999997
- Max Citation Score: 134.93555
- Similarity Product: 69.91928037040233

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

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