PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15970596
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["257", "751000"]

Abstract:
A method for forming an interconnect structure includes forming an insulating layer on a substrate. A damascene opening is formed through a thickness portion of the insulating layer. A diffusion barrier layer is formed to line the damascene opening. A conductive layer is formed overlying the diffusion barrier layer to fill the damascene opening. A carbon-containing metal oxide layer is formed on the conductive layer and the insulating layer.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for manufacturing an integrated circuit, the method comprising:\n forming a low-k dielectric material having a porous structure; depositing a inorganic layer over the low-k dielectric material; performing a first dry etching through a first photolithographic material and the inorganic layer to remove a first section of the low-k dielectric material; performing a second dry etching different through the inorganic layer and a second photolithographic material different from the first photolithographic material to remove a second section of the low-k dielectric material to form a first opening; filling the first opening with a conductive material; removing the inorganic layer with a chemical mechanical planarization after the filling the first opening; forming a diphasic substance with both a liquid phase and a solid phase, the forming the diphasic substance comprising:\n mixing aluminum-sec-butoxide with acetylacetone to form a homogenous first precursor; \n adding water to the homogenous first precursor and stirring to form a second precursor; \n adding nitric acid to the second precursor to form a third precursor; \n aging the third precursor; and \n adding cobalt, manganese, chromium, iron, gold, silver, sodium, titanium, zinc or calcium; \n dispensing the diphasic substance using a spin-coating process between 1000 revolutions per minute and 2000 revolutions per minute; post-treating the diphasic substance with an ultra-violet curing process to form a carbon containing metal oxide layer; and depositing an etch stop layer directly on the carbon containing metal oxide layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.17647
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10791606', '10968199', '11352815', '10834783', '10723509']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.902751308823488
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.464924844200336
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8589686623611729
- Mean Citation Score: 128.504255
- Max Citation Score: 130.39128
- Similarity Product: 94.57756140254972

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

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