Prior art

To identify the most relevant prior art for US Patent 10,965,425, I will access the patent's citations. The USPTO provides tools for searching patent information, including citations. I will use these tools to find the references cited within US10965425B2.

Prior Art Analysis for US Patent 10,965,425

As of April 26, 2026, a review of US Patent 10,965,425 and its cited references reveals the following potential prior art:

To be completed after I can retrieve the full list of cited references for US Patent 10,965,425. I cannot perform live lookups of specific patent citations within the USPTO database with the current tools. I can, however, provide a general methodology for how such an analysis would be performed once the citations are available.

General Methodology for Prior Art Analysis:

Once the list of cited patents and publications for US10965425B2 is obtained (e.g., from the "Cited by" or "References Cited" section of the patent document on the USPTO website), the following steps would be taken for each reference:

1. Full Citation: Record the complete citation information, including patent number, publication date, inventors, and assignee.
2. Publication/Filing Date: Note both the publication date (for patent documents) or filing date (for applications) to establish their priority date relative to US10965425B2.
3. Brief Description: Read the abstract and relevant sections of the cited prior art to understand its core inventive concept and how it relates to wireless communication systems, multi-user transmissions, WLAN, HE-SIG-B fields, resource allocation, and type indications for station-specific information size.
4. Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102):
   • Direct Comparison: For each independent claim (claims 1 and 11) of US10965425B2, systematically compare every element of the claim to the disclosure of the prior art reference.
   • Element-by-Element Match: If a single prior art reference explicitly or inherently discloses every single element of an independent claim of US10965425B2, then that prior art reference potentially anticipates that claim under 35 U.S.C. § 102.
   • Focus on Key Features: Pay particular attention to elements related to:
     • Receiving an HE-SIG-B field.
     • The HE-SIG-B field comprising a common subfield and a station-specific subfield.
     • The station-specific subfield comprising a "type" indication.
     • The "type" indication identifying a size of the station-specific information.
     • A processor configured to perform these steps.
   • Document Findings: Clearly state which specific claim(s) (e.g., Claim 1, Claim 11) are potentially anticipated and provide a brief justification based on the identified disclosures in the prior art.

Without the specific list of prior art references, I cannot provide a detailed analysis of each, but this outlines the necessary process.