Prior art

To identify the most relevant prior art for US patent 8310990, I need to access the citations listed on the patent itself. The provided patent text from Google Patents includes a "Prior art keywords" section, but for a detailed analysis of prior art, the actual "Cited By" or "References Cited" section of the patent document from the USPTO is necessary.

Since I cannot directly browse the USPTO database live through the provided tools to extract the full list of cited patents and their details, I will state what information would be required for a complete analysis if I could access that specific section of the patent directly from the USPTO website.

To perform this task completely, I would need access to the "References Cited" section of US Patent 8310990 from the USPTO database. This section typically lists all patents and non-patent literature considered by the examiner during prosecution.

Assuming I had access to this information, for each prior art reference, I would then follow these steps to provide the requested details:

1. Full Citation: Extract the patent number, inventor(s), issue/publication date, and assignee.
2. Publication/Filing Date: Note both the filing and publication/issue dates, as the filing date is often critical for 35 U.S.C. § 102 analysis.
3. Brief Description: Summarize the core technology or method disclosed in the prior art patent. This would involve reviewing its abstract and potentially key figures and claim language.
4. Which Claim(s) it Potentially Anticipates under 35 U.S.C. § 102:
   • Anticipation under 35 U.S.C. § 102 requires that every element of a claim be found, either explicitly or inherently, in a single prior art reference.
   • I would compare the elements of each independent claim of US8310990 (as summarized in the "Patent Summary" section) against the brief description of the prior art reference.
   • If a prior art reference appears to disclose all elements of one or more claims of US8310990, I would flag those claims as potentially anticipated. This is a high-level assessment and a full anticipation analysis would require a deeper, element-by-element comparison.

Without the specific "References Cited" list, I cannot proceed with this detailed prior art analysis.