PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16360729
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["257", "751000"]

Abstract:
Contact structures and methods of forming contacts structures are contemplated by this disclosure. A structure includes a dielectric layer over a substrate, an adhesion layer, a silicide, a barrier layer, and a conductive material. The dielectric layer has an opening to a surface of the substrate. The adhesion layer is along sidewalls of the opening. The silicide is on the surface of the substrate. The barrier layer is on the adhesion layer and the silicide, and the barrier layer directly adjoins the silicide. The conductive material is on the barrier layer in the opening.

Claim (Index 12):
The structure of  claim 11 , wherein the metal layer, the metal silicide region, and the metal nitride layer comprise a same metal.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.58537
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14532886', '15802729', '11807127', '15613485', '15351139']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9189094879880004
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4726337652146992
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8742819157106703
- Mean Citation Score: 169.835972
- Max Citation Score: 185.07957
- Similarity Product: 146.8356092372918

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