PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16116178
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["438", "010000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments include devices and methods for detecting particles, monitoring etch or deposition rates, or controlling an operation of a wafer fabrication process. In an embodiment, a particle monitoring device for particle detection includes several capacitive micro sensors mounted on a wafer substrate to detect particles under all pressure regimes, e.g., under vacuum conditions. In an embodiment, one or more capacitive micro sensors is mounted on a wafer processing tool to measure material deposition and removal rates in real-time during the wafer fabrication process. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

Claim (Index 15):
The method of  claim 14 , wherein the parameter changes when the material is deposited on or removed from the sensor during the substrate fabrication process, and wherein the location is in proximity to one or more of the chamber wall, a lift pin, a load lock, a gas line, a robot, or a pressure control valve of the processing tool.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.5873
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15187717', '15649597', '15247717', '14935186', '12977240']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8767931452916609
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5419020226117076
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8433040330236655
- Mean Citation Score: 262.177092
- Max Citation Score: 386.71548
- Similarity Product: 274.51724936655523

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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