PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16236221
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["428", "614000"]

Abstract:
Some embodiments of the invention are directed to electrochemical fabrication methods for forming structures or devices (e.g. microprobes for use in die level testing of semiconductor devices) from a core material and a shell or coating material that partially coats the surface of the structure. Other embodiments are directed to electrochemical fabrication methods for producing structures or devices (e.g. microprobes) from a core material and a shell or coating material that completely coats the surface of each layer from which the probe is formed including interlayer regions. Additional embodiments of the invention are directed to electrochemical fabrication methods for forming structures or devices (e.g. microprobes) from a core material and a shell or coating material wherein the coating material is located around each layer of the structure without locating the coating material in inter-layer regions.

Claim (Index 16):
A compliant probe for providing an electrical connection between at least two electronic components, the probe comprising:\n a) a first planarized layer comprising at least a first structural material; b) a second planarized layer comprising at least a second structural material, wherein the second structural material of the second planarized layer has a relationship with the first planarized layer selected from the group consisting of: (1) the second structural material of the second planarized layer is directly adhered to the first planarized layer, (2) the second structural material or the second planarized layer is separated from the first planarized layer by at least one intermediate layer, and (3) the second structural material of the second planarized layer is separated from the first planarized layer by at least one deposition of material; c) a third planarized layer comprising at least a third structural material, wherein the third structural material of the third planarized layer has a relationship with the second planarized layer selected from the group consisting of: (1) the third structural material of the third planarized layer is adhered directly to the second planarized layer, (2) the third structural material of the third planarized layer is separated from the second planarized layer by at least one intermediate layer, and (3) the third structural material of the third planarized layer is separated from the second planarized layer by at least one deposition of material, wherein the second planarized layer is located between the first and third planarized layers, and wherein the second structural material is different from both the first structural material and the third structural material, and wherein the compliant probe is configured to provide a compliant electrical contact element that provides a conductive path between the at least two electronic components, wherein each of at least one of the first to third planarized layers comprises at least one core structural material and at least one shell structural material, wherein one of the at least one core structural material and the at least one shell structural material of a respective layer corresponds to a respective first structural material, second structural material, or third structural material while another of the at least one shell structural material and at least one core structural material do not, and wherein the shell structural material of the respective layer surrounds a bottom and sides of at least selected volumes of the core structural material of the respective layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.53448
- Patent Class: 428.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14986500', '14017535', '12906970', '13409950', '12431680']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.906347720936004
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5538378555372443
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8710967343961282
- Mean Citation Score: 356.250512
- Max Citation Score: 450.80957
- Similarity Product: 386.2408850619245

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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