Term ends Feb 24, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 24, 2031
Held by Web Spark Ltd.
Filed Jan 24, 2014 as application 14/162,953 · Granted May 26, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Feb 24, 2011
Feb 24, 2011
Term ends
Feb 24, 2031
Feb 24, 2031
Granted
May 26, 2015
May 26, 2015
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 24, 2011, when application 13/034,239, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 24, 2014) | Feb 24, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 24, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,671,221 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 9,043,429 | this patent Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 9,515,981 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 9,866,523 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 10,148,612 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| Application 16/186,551 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 16/186,550 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2014 Reel 32124, frame 993 | Shribman, Derry; Vilenski, Ofer | Hola 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
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What's changing
Feb 2031
Term ends Feb 24, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
158
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2015 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.