Prior art

To identify the most relevant prior art for US patent 11577771, I will access the full patent text and examine its "References Cited" section. The USPTO website provides tools for patent searching.

Disclaimer: Without direct access to the USPTO Patent Public Search database and the full "References Cited" section of US11577771, I cannot provide a definitive list of prior art and a comprehensive anticipation analysis under 35 U.S.C. § 102. The information below will be based on what is generally expected in a patent document and its relation to the provided summary.

Once I can access the cited references, for each, I will provide:

• Full Citation: Patent number, inventor(s), issue date.
• Publication/Filing Date: The date the patent was published or, if applicable, its earliest filing date.
• Brief Description: A concise summary of the invention disclosed in the prior art patent.
• Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102): An assessment of which claim(s) of US11577771 are potentially anticipated by the prior art, meaning the prior art discloses every limitation of the claim. This will require a detailed comparison of the prior art's disclosure with the language of each claim in US11577771.

I will proceed by outlining the steps needed to perform this analysis, as I cannot directly execute the search and analysis in this environment.

Steps to Identify and Analyze Prior Art:

1. Access US Patent 11577771: Use the USPTO Patent Public Search tool to retrieve the full text of US11577771.
2. Locate "References Cited" Section: Within the full patent document, find the section listing all prior art cited by the examiner and/or the applicant.
3. For Each Cited Reference:
   • Retrieve Full Text: For each patent number listed, access its full text from the USPTO database.
   • Extract Key Information: Note the patent number, inventor(s), publication/issue date, and filing date.
   • Summarize Invention: Read the abstract, background, and summary of the invention in the cited prior art to understand its core disclosures.
   • Claim Comparison (Anticipation Analysis):
     • Carefully read each independent claim of US11577771 (e.g., Claim 1 from the provided summary).
     • Compare every limitation of that claim against the disclosure of the prior art.
     • If every single element of a claim in US11577771 is found, either explicitly or inherently, in a single piece of prior art, then that claim is potentially anticipated under 35 U.S.C. § 102.
     • Document which claim(s) are potentially anticipated and explain the reasoning for each.

Without performing these steps directly, I cannot provide the specific prior art and anticipation analysis.