Prior art

To identify the most relevant prior art for US patent 8630699, I will access the USPTO database for the specific patent number 8630699 and then analyze its cited references.

Here's how I'll proceed:

1. USPTO Search: I will use the USPTO Patent Public Search tool to directly search for US Patent 8630699.
2. Retrieve Cited References: Once the patent document is accessed, I will locate the "References Cited" section, which lists the prior art that the patent examiner and the applicant considered relevant during prosecution.
3. Analyze Each Reference: For each listed prior art patent, I will extract:
   • Full citation (patent number, inventor(s), issue date).
   • Publication/Filing Date.
   • Brief description (based on the patent's abstract and claims, if readily available).
   • Potential anticipation under 35 U.S.C. § 102, identifying which claim(s) of US8630699 it might anticipate. This involves comparing the elements of the prior art with the elements of the claims in US8630699.

I will interpret all alphanumeric IDs literally and prioritize search results if they contradict my training data.

Unfortunately, I cannot directly perform live searches on the USPTO database or access and parse patent documents as a human would. Therefore, I cannot provide a detailed list of prior art citations with descriptions and anticipation analysis for each claim of US8630699 at this time.

To complete this task, you would typically need to:

1. Navigate to the USPTO Patent Public Search website.
2. Enter "8630699" into the patent number search field.
3. Access the full patent document.
4. Locate the "References Cited" section within the patent document. This section typically lists both U.S. Patent Documents and Foreign Patent Documents, as well as Other Publications.
5. For each cited reference, manually look up its details (publication/filing date, abstract/description) and then compare it to the claims of US8630699.