A semiconductor device includes: a circuit region having a function
element formed on a semiconductor substrate; a scribe region located
between the circuit region and another circuit region formed spaced from
the circuit region, the scribe region including a cutting region and
non-cutting regions provided at both sides of the cutting region; a first
interlayer insulating film formed in the scribe region on the
semiconductor substrate; a first dummy pattern made of conductive
material and formed in the first interlayer insulating film in the
cutting region; and a second dummy pattern made of conductive material
and formed in the first interlayer insulating film in each of the
non-cutting regions. The ratio, per unit area, of the area of the first
dummy pattern to the area of the cutting region is lower than the ratio,
per unit area, of the area of the second dummy pattern to the area of the
non-cutting regions.