Patent 11937172

Prior art

Earlier patents, publications, and products that may anticipate or render the claims unpatentable.

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Prior art

Earlier patents, publications, and products that may anticipate or render the claims unpatentable.

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Based on the review of US Patent 11937172 and its "Prior art citations" section as presented on Google Patents, it has been determined that the patents explicitly cited therein are all part of the same patent family and share the same priority date of November 4, 2008.

Under 35 U.S.C. § 102, prior art must exist or be publicly available before the effective filing date (priority date) of the claimed invention to anticipate it. Since all the cited patents listed in US11937172 share the same priority date as US11937172 itself, they do not function as anticipatory prior art for the claims of US11937172. They represent a chain of continuations and divisionals stemming from the same original invention. Therefore, no specific claims of US11937172 can be "anticipated" by these family members under 35 U.S.C. § 102.

For completeness, the patents explicitly cited by US11937172 are listed below:

  1. US 9,462,411 B2

    • Full Citation: US 9,462,411 B2
    • Publication/Filing Date: Priority Date: 2008-11-04; Publication Date: 2016-10-04.
    • Brief Description: This patent broadly describes systems and methods for enabling or disabling modes or functions on a mobile device based on the satisfaction of a proximity criterion. It serves as an early parent in the patent family covering adaptive mode enablement.
    • Potential Anticipation under 35 U.S.C. § 102: Does not anticipate claims of US11937172, as it is a parent application sharing the same priority date.

  2. US 9,832,708 B2

    • Full Citation: US 9,832,708 B2
    • Publication/Filing Date: Priority Date: 2008-11-04; Publication Date: 2017-11-28.
    • Brief Description: Similar to US 9,462,411 B2, this patent details systems and methods for mobile device mode enablement responsive to a proximity criterion.
    • Potential Anticipation under 35 U.S.C. § 102: Does not anticipate claims of US11937172, as it is a parent application sharing the same priority date.

  3. US 10,219,199 B2

    • Full Citation: US 10,219,199 B2
    • Publication/Filing Date: Priority Date: 2008-11-04; Publication Date: 2019-02-26.
    • Brief Description: This patent further extends the concepts of mobile device mode enablement responsive to a proximity criterion, maintaining the core theme of the patent family.
    • Potential Anticipation under 35 U.S.C. § 102: Does not anticipate claims of US11937172, as it is a parent application sharing the same priority date.

  4. US 10,660,015 B2

    • Full Citation: US 10,660,015 B2
    • Publication/Filing Date: Priority Date: 2008-11-04; Publication Date: 2020-05-26.
    • Brief Description: This patent continues to describe mobile device mode enablement based on a proximity criterion.
    • Potential Anticipation under 35 U.S.C. § 102: Does not anticipate claims of US11937172, as it is a parent application sharing the same priority date.

  5. US 11,304,118 B2

    • Full Citation: US 11,304,118 B2
    • Publication/Filing Date: Priority Date: 2008-11-04; Publication Date: 2022-04-12.
    • Brief Description: This patent focuses on a "Method and apparatus for sensing products for purchase," which is an explicit application scenario also described within US11937172, particularly in the context of shopping cart interactions.
    • Potential Anticipation under 35 U.S.C. § 102: Does not anticipate claims of US11937172, as it is a parent application sharing the same priority date.

  6. US 11,770,756 B2

    • Full Citation: US 11,770,756 B2
    • Publication/Filing Date: Priority Date: 2008-11-04; Publication Date: 2023-09-26.
    • Brief Description: This patent introduces specific details regarding "Mobile device mode enablement/disablement responsive to sensing a physiological parameter," expanding the types of parameters that can trigger mode changes, aligning with the parameter list in US11937172's claims.
    • Potential Anticipation under 35 U.S.C. § 102: Does not anticipate claims of US11937172, as it is a parent application sharing the same priority date.

  7. US 11,924,743 B2

    • Full Citation: US 11,924,743 B2
    • Publication/Filing Date: Priority Date: 2008-11-04; Publication Date: 2024-03-05.
    • Brief Description: This patent covers "Systems/methods of establishing a capability, and using the capability, to execute financial transactions by a smartphone," which is very similar in scope to US11937172, emphasizing the two-step process for financial transactions.
    • Potential Anticipation under 35 U.S.C. § 102: Does not anticipate claims of US11937172, as it is a parent application sharing the same priority date.

  8. US 2024/0114432 A1

    • Full Citation: US 2024/0114432 A1
    • Publication/Filing Date: Priority Date: 2008-11-04; Publication Date: 2024-04-04.
    • Brief Description: This is a published patent application sharing the identical title as US11937172, "Systems/methods of a two-step process in establishing a capability, and using the capability, to execute a financial transaction by a smartphone." It is a family member of US11937172.
    • Potential Anticipation under 35 U.S.C. § 102: Does not anticipate claims of US11937172, as it is a family member application sharing the same priority date.

Therefore, based on the provided patent text and the "Prior art citations" section on Google Patents for US11937172, no external prior art that would anticipate the claims under 35 U.S.C. § 102 has been identified within the patent's own citations. The listed citations are all part of the same patent family, originating from the same priority date.

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