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

US 8,671,221 In force
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Term ends Jul 20, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Feb 24, 2011 as application 13/034,239 · Granted Mar 11, 2014
Base term plus 146 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Feb 24, 2011
Term ends
Jul 20, 2031
Granted
Mar 11, 2014
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
146
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.
7
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 146 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 24, 2011, when this application, 13/034,239, was filedFeb 24, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+146 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 20, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 20, 2031High confidence

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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
Feb 24, 2011
Reel 25859, frame 543
Shribman, Derry; Vilenski, OferHola Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 21, 2011
Reel 25984, frame 593
Shribman, Derry; Vilenski, OferHola Networks Ltd.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name and Domicile Previously Recorded on Reel 025859 Frame 0543. 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

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

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