PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15939894
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["257", "750000"]

Abstract:
Semiconductor devices and methods of forming are provided. In some embodiments the method includes forming a dielectric layer over a substrate and patterning the dielectric layer to form a first recess. The method may also include depositing a first layer in the first recess and depositing a second layer over the first layer, the second layer being different than the first layer. The method may also include performing a first chemical mechanical polish (CMP) process on the second layer using a first oxidizer and performing a second CMP process on remaining portions of the second layer and the first layer using the first oxidizer. The method may also include forming a first conductive element over the remaining portions of the first layer after the second CMP polish is performed.

Claim (Index 12):
A method, comprising:\n patterning a first dielectric layer to form a first recess and a second recess; depositing a first layer in the first recess and the second recess, wherein the first layer extends along an upper surface of the first dielectric layer between the first recess and the second recess, and wherein an upper surface of the first layer comprises a peak and a valley; depositing a second layer over the first layer; performing a first chemical mechanical polish (CMP) process, wherein the first CMP process terminates upon detection of the peak of the upper surface of the first layer; performing a second CMP process on the first layer, wherein the second CMP process terminates after a first predetermined time; and performing a third CMP process on the first layer, wherein the third CMP process terminates after a second predetermined time.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 10.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.53704
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13440704', '13946166', '15886033', '15437962', '14066889']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8863340014489433
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4616104814129321
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8438616494453421
- Mean Citation Score: 125.401525
- Max Citation Score: 128.56982
- Similarity Product: 99.9165534091234

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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