PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15961167
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["257", "586000"]

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: providing a substrate including a first semiconductive region of a first conductive type and gate structures over the first semiconductive region, where a gap between the gate structures exposes a portion of the first semiconductive region; and forming a second semiconductive region of a second conductive type in the gap starting from the exposed portion of the first semiconductive region. The forming of the second semiconductive region includes: growing, in a chamber, an epitaxial silicon-rich layer with a first growth rate around a sidewall adjacent to the gate structures that is greater than a second growth rate at a central portion; and, in the chamber, partially removing the epitaxial silicon-rich layer with an etchant with a first etching rate around the sidewall adjacent to the gate structures that is greater than a second etching rate at the central portion.

Claim (Index 14):
The method according to  claim 11 , further comprising forming a conductive plug on the silicide layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.63333
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14463953', '13410475', '09816962', '14640726', '14861958']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8916289130981743
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4815271029026841
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8506187320786254
- Mean Citation Score: 140.929846
- Max Citation Score: 148.68158
- Similarity Product: 103.53851818666814

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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