Prior art

To identify the most relevant prior art for US Patent 10445684B2, I would typically access the "Cited By" or "References Cited" section of the patent on a USPTO or Google Patents page. This section lists the patents and other publications that the examiner considered during prosecution, as well as those cited by the inventors.

Since I cannot directly browse the USPTO database or interact with its search interface in real-time, I will rely on the provided patent text, which includes a "Prior art keywords" section and explicitly mentions a related application.

Based on the provided patent text for US10445684B2, the "Prior art keywords" listed are: "product", "product containers", "computer", "conditions", "containers".

The patent also explicitly incorporates by reference U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/014,173 filed Aug. 29, 2013 to Mehring et al.. This is a crucial piece of information for prior art analysis.

To provide a comprehensive list of prior art and analyze its potential anticipation, I would need to perform a live search on the USPTO website for patent 10445684B2 and then systematically review each of its cited references. However, based only on the provided text, the most directly relevant prior art mentioned is the incorporated patent application.

Most Relevant Prior Art (based solely on provided patent text):

• Full Citation: U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/014,173 to Mehring et al. (filed August 29, 2013)
• Publication/Filing Date: August 29, 2013 (filing date, publication date not specified in the provided text).
• Brief Description: The provided text states that "Features from an illustrative management system disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/014,173 filed Aug. 29, 2013 to Mehring et al., which is herein incorporated by reference, may be used in various embodiments disclosed herein." This suggests that the '173 application describes an "illustrative management system" with features relevant to product monitoring and delivery management. Without the full text of the '173 application, a more detailed description is not possible.
• Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102):
  Given that "Features from an illustrative management system disclosed" in this application "may be used in various embodiments disclosed herein", it is highly probable that aspects of independent claims 1, 7, 12, and 14 could be anticipated or rendered obvious by U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/014,173. Specifically, any elements related to "receiving status information from one or more product containers," "determining preferred ranges for the conditions," "determining whether the received conditions are within the preferred ranges," and potentially even "sending a command" for adjustment, if those features are present in the '173 application's "illustrative management system." Without reviewing the full text of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/014,173, a definitive statement on specific claim anticipation is not possible.