PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15935655
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["438", "592000"]

Abstract:
Various methods and structures formed by those methods are described. In accordance with a method, a first metal-containing layer is formed on a substrate. A second metal-containing layer is formed on the substrate. A material of the first metal-containing layer is different from a material of the second metal-containing layer. A chlorine-based treatment is performed on the first metal-containing layer and the second metal-containing layer. A third metal-containing layer is deposited on the first metal-containing layer and the second metal-containing layer using Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD).

Claim (Index 5):
The method of  claim 4 , wherein the first metal-containing layer, the second metal-containing layer, and the third metal-containing layer are work function layers, and further comprising depositing a metal fill over the second metal-containing layer, wherein the first metal-containing layer, the second metal-containing layer, the third metal-containing layer, and the metal fill form the first gate electrode.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 34.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.31707
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14815286', '15297850', '14730444', '15410962', '15725867']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8208619995595344
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5043642633448485
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7892122259380658
- Mean Citation Score: 178.505956
- Max Citation Score: 227.90082
- Similarity Product: 156.62258773924827

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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