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Method and System for Increasing Speed of Domain Name System Resolution Within a Computing Device

US 9,515,981 In force
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Term ends Mar 11, 2031 · High confidence

Filed May 20, 2015 as application 14/717,267 · Granted Dec 6, 2016
Base term plus 15 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Feb 24, 2011
Term ends
Mar 11, 2031
Granted
Dec 6, 2016
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
15
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
7
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 15 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 24, 2011, when application 13/034,239, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 20, 2015)Feb 24, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+15 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 11, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 11, 2031High confidence

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Application 16/186,551Abandoned
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Application 16/186,550Abandoned
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 20, 2015
Reel 35742, frame 222
Vilenski, Ofer; Shribman, DerryHola Networks Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
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

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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