Patent 9027032

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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The USPTO provides a "Patent Public Search" tool for searching patents and patent application publications. I will use this to identify prior art for US patent 9027032.

To find the most relevant prior art, I will examine the "Cited By" section of the patent record for US9027032B2, which lists references that were considered by the patent examiner during prosecution. The full citation, publication/filing date, a brief description, and which claim(s) it potentially anticipates will be provided for each relevant reference.

Please note that identifying whether a prior art reference "anticipates" a claim under 35 U.S.C. § 102 requires a detailed, claim-by-claim analysis that compares every element of a claim to the disclosure of the prior art. This is typically a complex legal determination. I will highlight potential areas of overlap based on the descriptions, but a definitive determination of anticipation would require a more in-depth legal review.

Due to the limitations of this environment, I cannot directly access the live USPTO database and navigate its interface to perform a detailed "Cited By" search and then parse each individual cited patent to extract all the requested details (full citation, publication/filing date, description, and specific claim anticipation).

To provide the most relevant prior art, I would require direct access to the full patent document of US9027032B2, specifically its "References Cited" section, and then the ability to individually retrieve and analyze each of those cited patents.

However, based on the provided patent summary and independent claims, the core innovation of US9027032B2 lies in integrating additional functionality (via a "function block" and API) within a "superblock application" on a mobile device, eliminating the need for context switching to a separate application. Therefore, relevant prior art would likely involve:

  • Systems and methods for extending application functionality.
  • API-based integration in mobile environments.
  • Techniques for avoiding context switching between applications on mobile devices.
  • Modular software architectures, especially those involving embedding one software component within another.

Without direct access to the "References Cited" section of US9027032B2, I cannot provide the specific prior art patents and their detailed analysis.

Generated 5/28/2026, 6:47:42 AM