PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15867017
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["438", "622000"]

Abstract:
Apparatuses and methods for stair step formation using at least two masks, such as in a memory device, are provided. One example method can include forming a first mask over a conductive material to define a first exposed area, and forming a second mask over a portion of the first exposed area to define a second exposed area, the second exposed area is less than the first exposed area. Conductive material is removed from the second exposed area. An initial first dimension of the second mask is less than a first dimension of the first exposed area and an initial second dimension of the second mask is at least a second dimension of the first exposed area plus a distance equal to a difference between the initial first dimension of the second mask and a final first dimension of the second mask after a stair step structure is formed.

Claim (Index 38):
The method of  claim 37 , wherein forming the plurality of linear strings of memory cells comprises forming the plurality of linear memory cells such that they are arranged substantially orthogonal to the plurality of conductive lines.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.61667
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15359218', '14085361', '13543154', '14797390', '14877997']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8739739241368589
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5106266218180164
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8376391939049748
- Mean Citation Score: 236.04937
- Max Citation Score: 258.99673
- Similarity Product: 166.75395593978163

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

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