Prior art

To identify the most relevant prior art for US Patent 11722554, I will examine the patent's cited references. A prior art reference anticipates a claim under 35 U.S.C. § 102 if it discloses every element of the claimed invention, either expressly or inherently, in a single reference.

Here are the prior art references cited in US Patent 11722554:

Cited U.S. Patent Documents:

• US11431786B1

  • Full Citation: US 11,431,786 B1
  • Publication/Filing Date: Publication date: September 6, 2022. Filing date: December 2, 2020.
  • Brief Description: This patent shares a similar title, "System and method for analyzing network objects in a cloud environment." It describes a system and method for determining abnormal configuration of network objects in a cloud environment by collecting data, constructing a network graph with visual representation, determining relationships, analyzing the graph to generate insights (including abnormal connections), and tagging network objects. This patent is explicitly identified as a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/109,883, filed Dec. 2, 2020, which is the parent application for US11722554B2.
  • Potential Anticipated Claims: Given that US11722554B2 is a continuation of US17/109,883 (which matured into US11431786B1), US11431786B1 is highly likely to anticipate all claims (Claims 1-10, and 11-21) of US11722554B2 that were present in the parent application and not substantively changed. Specifically, the abstract and independent claims of US11431786B1 appear to disclose all elements of independent claims 1, 11, and 12 of US11722554B2. Therefore, it potentially anticipates claims 1-21.

• US20220394082A1

  • Full Citation: US 2022/0394082 A1
  • Publication/Filing Date: Publication date: December 8, 2022. Filing date: August 12, 2022.
  • Brief Description: This is a patent application with a similar title and abstract to US11722554B2, describing a method and system for determining abnormal configuration of network objects in a cloud computing environment. It was published before US11722554B2 and shares the same filing date and inventors. This is the published application for US11722554B2.
  • Potential Anticipated Claims: As this is the published application for US11722554B2, it directly corresponds to the granted patent. Therefore, it would anticipate all claims (Claims 1-21) if its publication date precedes the effective filing date of any newly added claims in US11722554B2 not present in the original application. However, since it is the application that led to this patent, it is typically cited for continuity rather than as anticipatory prior art in the traditional sense, unless there were specific claim amendments that changed the scope significantly and introduced new matter not present in the application as filed.

To perform a complete analysis for anticipation under 35 U.S.C. § 102, a detailed comparison of each claim of US11722554B2 against the full disclosure of each prior art reference would be necessary, focusing on whether every element of a claim is found in a single prior art reference. Given the direct relationship between US11722554B2 and US11431786B1 (continuation) and US20220394082A1 (published application), these documents represent very close prior art.