PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16201282
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["438", "675000"]

Abstract:
A method includes providing a device structure having an isolation structure, a fin adjacent the isolation structure and taller than the isolation structure, and gate structures over the fin and the isolation structure. The isolation structure, the fin, and the gate structures define a first trench over the fin and a second trench over the isolation structure. The method further includes forming a first contact etch stop layer (CESL) over the gate structures, the fin, and the isolation structure; depositing a first inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer over the first CESL and filling in the first and second trenches; and recessing the first ILD layer such that the first ILD layer in the first trench is removed and the first ILD layer in the second trench is recessed to a level that is about even with a top surface of the fin.

Claim (Index 8):
The method of  claim 6 , wherein:\n the set of gate structures is a first set of gate structures; the device further includes a second set of gate structures disposed on the fin; the forming of the etch stop layer forms the etch stop layer on the second set of gate structures and on the fin; and the method further comprises removing the etch stop layer from the second set of gate structures and from the fin.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.73684
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15690709', '15882905', '14819654', '15875485', '15691974']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8509599995616789
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5274847497490616
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8186124745804172
- Mean Citation Score: 236.333824
- Max Citation Score: 306.21332
- Similarity Product: 203.36221322053672

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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