PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15934012
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["438", "478000"]

Abstract:
In some aspects, methods for forming a germanium thin film using a cyclical deposition process are provided. In some embodiments, the germanium thin film is formed on a substrate in a reaction chamber, and the process includes one or more deposition cycles of alternately and sequentially contacting the substrate with a vapor phase germanium precursor and a nitrogen reactant. In some embodiments, the process is repeated until a germanium thin film of desired thickness has been formed.

Claim (Index 20):
The method of  claim 19 , wherein the germanium precursor is a germanium halide, germanium alkylamine or germanium alkoxide.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 51.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.71429
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14969413', '15435769', '14135383', '13504079', '12429133']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8571464718490639
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5060338634605424
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8220352110102117
- Mean Citation Score: 267.29463
- Max Citation Score: 287.92966
- Similarity Product: 263.2286783542919

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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