PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16237782
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["257", "751000"]

Abstract:
A structure having fully aligned via connecting metal lines on different Mx levels. The structure may include a first metal line and a second metal line in a first ILD, a cap covering the first ILD, the second metal line and a portion of the first metal line, a second ILD on the cap, and a via that electrically connects the first metal line to a third metal line, wherein the third metal line is above the first metal line and runs perpendicular to the first metal line, the via is fully aligned to the first metal line and the third metal line, and the via electrically connects the first metal line to the third metal line.

Claim (Index 12):
The structure of  claim 7 , wherein the cap layer is in direct contact with the uppermost surface of the trench stop hardmask and sidewalls of the trench stop hardmask.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.15
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15044154', '15838480', '14460435', '15251450', '14580259']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9217215423041196
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5083609152526486
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8803854795989725
- Mean Citation Score: 251.362512
- Max Citation Score: 309.7308700000001
- Similarity Product: 297.63660477884724

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

Dataset: test