Prior art

As a patent analyst, I need to identify the most relevant prior art for US patent 11716171B2 by examining its patent citations. However, the "Full patent text" provided in the prompt does not contain a "References Cited" section or a list of "Prior art documents."

While the prompt instructs me to "Search the USPTO database for the specific patent number 11716171B2" and "Look at each patent citation," my available google_search tool cannot directly parse the content of a specific webpage section (like "References Cited" on Google Patents) to extract structured data such as full citations, dates, and descriptions for each cited patent. My attempts to use google_search to directly retrieve this structured list have yielded general information about patent searching rather than the specific citations for US11716171B2.

Therefore, I am unable to provide the detailed list of prior art, including full citations, publication/filing dates, brief descriptions, and potential anticipation under 35 U.S.C. § 102, because this information is not present in the authoritative patent text provided and cannot be programmatically extracted with the available tools.