PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16101057
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["356", "401000"]

Abstract:
A method may include, but is not limited to, receiving a measurement including a metrology parameter for a layer of a metrology target and an alignment mark from an overlay metrology tool prior to a lithography process; deriving a merit figure from the metrology parameter and the alignment mark; deriving a correction factor from the merit figure; providing the correction factor to the lithography process via a feed forward process; receiving an additional measurement including an additional metrology parameter for the layer and an additional layer from an additional overlay metrology tool after the lithography process; deriving an adjustment from the additional metrology parameter; and providing the adjustment to the lithography process via a feedback process.

Claim (Index 18):
The method of  claim 17 ,\n wherein the set of one or more wafers includes between 5 and 10 wafers, wherein at least some of the between 5 and 10 wafers are sampled at between 100 and 200 locations per wafer, wherein the additional set of one or more wafers includes 2 wafers, wherein at least one of the 2 wafers is sampled at 600 locations per wafer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.71739
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15002129', '13018729', '13231333', '15597098', '13010388']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7369150102358486
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5641559992139172
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7196391091336556
- Mean Citation Score: 290.9888840000001
- Max Citation Score: 438.29102
- Similarity Product: 417.96504907055385

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

Dataset: test