Prior art

To identify the most relevant prior art for US patent 11149306, I will examine the "Prior art citations" section of the patent document itself. The patent text provided includes a "Prior art keywords" section, but the actual cited prior art references are typically listed in a separate section of a patent.

Based on the provided patent text, I don't have a direct "Prior art citations" list with full details for US11149306. However, the "CROSS-REFERENCE" section details the patent family and applications this patent claims priority from. These are critical for understanding its relationship to earlier work, as they represent the earliest filing dates for the claimed subject matter.

The "CROSS-REFERENCE" section states:
"This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 16/601,168, filed Oct. 14, 2019 (now U.S. Pat. No. 10,801,063, issued Oct. 13, 2020), which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 15/892,178, filed Feb. 8, 2018 (now U.S. Pat. No. 10,883,139, issued Jan. 5, 2021), which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/861,989, filed Sep. 22, 2015 (now U.S. Pat. No. 9,920,366, issued Mar. 20, 2018), which is a continuation application of International Application No. PCT/US2014/072383, filed Dec. 24, 2014, which application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/921,456, filed Dec. 28, 2013, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/948,509, filed Mar. 5, 2014, each of which is entirely incorporated herein by reference."

The actual "Prior art date" listed in the patent metadata is "2013-12-28", which corresponds to the filing date of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/921,456. This provisional application would be the earliest priority document for the invention described in US11149306.

To accurately determine the most relevant prior art as cited by US11149306, I would need to access the full patent document from the USPTO, specifically looking for the "References Cited" or "Prior Art" section, which is not fully included in the provided text. The Google Patents link provided in the prompt (https://patents.google.com/patent/US11149306/en) shows a "Prior art keywords" section, but not a list of cited patents.

Without direct access to the cited prior art list within the authoritative patent document (as opposed to keywords or cross-references), I cannot provide the full citations, brief descriptions, and potential anticipation claims for each cited prior art reference.

However, based on the priority chain, the U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/921,456, filed on December 28, 2013, is the foundational prior art for this patent.

Foundational Prior Art (based on priority claim):

• Full Citation: U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/921,456
• Publication/Filing Date: December 28, 2013
• Brief Description: This provisional application serves as the earliest priority document for the subject matter claimed in US11149306. It would describe the initial concepts and methods related to detecting genetic variants, particularly involving tagging double-stranded polynucleotides and analyzing sequence reads to infer molecule counts and identify variations.
• Potential Anticipation: All claims of US11149306 that are fully supported by the disclosure of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/921,456 would be considered anticipated by this earlier filing under 35 U.S.C. § 102, as it establishes the earliest effective filing date for those aspects of the invention.

To provide a comprehensive list of all cited prior art, I would need to perform a search for US11149306 on the USPTO Patent Public Search tool (PPUBS) or Google Patents, and specifically extract the "References Cited" section.