PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15960509
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "467000"]

Abstract:
A microfluidic-based sensor, comprising: a semiconductor body, having a first and a second side opposite to one another in a direction; a buried channel, extending within the semiconductor body; a structural layer, of dielectric or insulating material, formed over the first side of the semiconductor body at least partially suspended above the buried channel; and a first thermocouple element, including a first strip, of a first electrical conductive material, and a second strip, of a second electrical conductive material different from the first electrical conductive material, electrically coupled to the first strip. The first thermocouple element is buried in the structural layer and partially extends over the buried channel at a first location. A corresponding manufacturing method is disclosed.

Claim (Index 18):
A method comprising:\n forming a channel in a semiconductor body having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; covering the channel to form a buried channel, wherein covering the channel includes forming a plurality of insulating layers at the first surface of the semiconductor body, the buried channel configured to receive a fluid, the buried channel being in fluid communication with an inlet configured to provide the fluid to the buried channel; and forming a first temperature sensing element embedded in the plurality of insulating layers, the first temperature sensing element having a first portion at the first surface of the semiconductor body and a second portion at the buried channel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.30508
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14308470', '12645267', '13466662', '15276617', '11633976']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9040221762580942
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5007132298010838
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8636912816123933
- Mean Citation Score: 169.90209399999995
- Max Citation Score: 292.25778
- Similarity Product: 264.2849402813673

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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