Patent 10423918B2
Prior art
Earlier patents, publications, and products that may anticipate or render the claims unpatentable.
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Prior art
Earlier patents, publications, and products that may anticipate or render the claims unpatentable.
To identify the most relevant prior art for US patent 10423918B2, I will examine the citations listed within the patent itself, as these are the references deemed most relevant by the patent office and the applicant during prosecution.
Based on the provided patent text, US patent 10423918B2 claims priority to U.S. application Ser. No. 15/085,288, filed March 30, 2016, which in turn claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/140,425, filed March 30, 2015. These are considered part of the patent's own lineage rather than prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 102.
The patent text explicitly states: "The patent has also been cited by 10 other publications, including US11037093B2 and US11070895B2." These are citing patents, meaning they refer to US10423918B2, not prior art for US10423918B2.
The "Prior art keywords" section mentions "product," "food," "product containers," "containers," and "computer," with a "Prior art date" of 2015-03-30. This date is the priority date of the earliest application in the family.
To identify specific prior art cited by US10423918B2 (i.e., references that predate its priority date and were considered by the patent examiner), I need to refer to the "References Cited" section of the patent, which is typically found after the claims. This information is not fully detailed in the provided text, which only lists keywords and citing patents.
Since the full list of "References Cited" from the patent document is not provided in the current context, I cannot provide a detailed analysis of each prior art reference, its description, and which claims it potentially anticipates under 35 U.S.C. § 102. I would need access to the complete patent document's "References Cited" section to perform this part of the analysis.
However, based on the abstract and claims, relevant prior art would likely involve systems and methods for monitoring and managing the conditions of perishable goods during transport, especially those that involve:
- Real-time collection of environmental data from shipping containers.
- Dynamic adjustment of environmental parameters based on product profiles.
- Prioritization of deliveries based on product freshness or condition.
- Automated disqualification of products deemed unsafe or undesirable.
Without the specific cited prior art references, I cannot determine which claims might be anticipated by specific prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 102.
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