PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15981599
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["257", "774000"]

Abstract:
In some embodiments, a method of forming an opening in a material comprises forming RIM over target material. Radiation is impinged onto the RIM through a masking tool over a continuous area of the RIM under which a target-material opening will be formed. The masking tool during the impinging allows more radiation there-through onto a mid-portion of the continuous area of the RIM in a vertical cross-section than onto laterally-opposing portions of the continuous area of the RIM that are laterally-outward of the mid-portion of the RIM in the vertical cross-section. After the impinging, the RIM is developed to form a RIM opening that has at least one pair of laterally-opposing ledges laterally-outward of the mid-portion of the RIM in the vertical cross-section elevationally between a top and a bottom of the RIM opening. The developed RIM is used as masking material while etching the target material through the RIM opening to form the target-material opening to have at least one pair of laterally-opposing ledges laterally-outward of a mid-portion in the target-material opening in the vertical cross-section elevationally between a top and a bottom of the target-material opening. Other aspects and constructions independent of manufacture are disclosed.

Claim (Index 37):
The integrated circuit structure of  claim 16  wherein the first insulative material is thinner than the second insulative material, the first insulative material comprises silicon nitride, and the second insulative material comprises polyimide.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.73333
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15981619', '15858263', '15489311', '15170114', '15621329']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9241015956940524
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5219648618445806
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8838879223091053
- Mean Citation Score: 238.92973
- Max Citation Score: 334.17953
- Similarity Product: 279.0052220058453

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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