Term ends May 28, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 18, 2029
Held by Web Spark Ltd.
Filed May 18, 2009 as application 12/467,814 · Granted Mar 13, 2012
Base term plus 375 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
May 18, 2009
May 18, 2009
Term ends
May 28, 2030
May 28, 2030
Granted
Mar 13, 2012
Mar 13, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
375
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
8
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 375 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 18, 2009, when this application, 12/467,814, was filed | May 18, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +375 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 28, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 28, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,135,912 | this patent May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 8,578,098 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 8,719,505 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 9,201,808 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 9,519,593 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 9,804,964 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 9,990,295 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 10,387,316 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2009 Reel 22821, frame 51 | Shribman, Derry Benjamin; Vilenski, Ofer | Hypernet, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 3, 2010 Reel 24938, frame 635 | Shribman, Derry; Vilenski, Ofer | Hola Networks, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 21, 2011 Reel 25987, frame 210 | Hypernet, Inc. | Hola Inc. | Change of Name |
| Mar 21, 2011 Reel 25984, frame 682 | Hola Inc. F/K/A Hypernet Inc. | Hola Networks Ltd. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor Names Previously Recorded on Reel 024938 Frame 0635. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Oct 30, 2017 Reel 43977, frame 335 | Hola Networks Ltd. | Hola Newco Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 24, 2019 Reel 48119, frame 240 | Hola Newco Ltd. | Web Spark Ltd. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2030
Term ends May 28, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 375 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
240
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.