PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16032759
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["438", "710000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of systems and methods for patterning features in tantalum nitride (TaN) are described. In an embodiment, a method may include receiving a substrate comprising a TaN layer. The method may also include etching the substrate to expose at least a portion of the TaN layer. Additionally, the method may include performing a passivation process to reduce lateral etching of the TaN layer. The method may further include etching the TaN layer to form a feature therein, wherein the passivation process is controlled to meet one or more target passivation objectives.

Claim (Index 17):
The method of  claim 16 , wherein the temperature is in a range of 30-60 degrees Celsius.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 34.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.77193
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10057674', '14152982', '11279039', '12338950', '14474841']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8601234787520358
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4937873747253988
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8234898683493721
- Mean Citation Score: 163.59411200000002
- Max Citation Score: 171.0748
- Similarity Product: 107.5638560103655

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

Dataset: test