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EP3493340 - IGNITION PLUG WITH EXTENDED HOUSING AND GROUNDING ELECTRODE ON THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 13.02.2026 Database last updated on 11.04.2026
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 18.12.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 04.10.2020
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 13.12.2019
Former	The application has been published Status updated on 03.05.2019
Most recent event Tooltip	13.02.2026	Patent maintained (B2 publication)	published on 18.03.2026 [2026/12]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Robert Bosch GmbH Postfach 30 02 20 70442 Stuttgart / DE
	[2020/18]
Former [2019/23]	For all designated states Robert Bosch GmbH P.O. Box 30 02 20 70442 Stuttgart / DE
Inventor(s)	01 / Odegov, Anatolij Kosmonavtov Str. 17 413121 Engels / RU
	02 / Mueller, Bernd Solitudeallee 6 70825 Korntal-Muenchingen / DE
	03 / Stockmeier, Ulrich Calwer Str. 75 75323 Bad Wildbad / DE
	[2019/23]
Application number, filing date	18204997.3	07.11.2018
	[2019/23]
Priority number, date	DE201710221517	30.11.2017 Original published format: DE102017221517
	[2019/23]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3493340
	Date:	05.06.2019
	Language:	DE
	[2019/23]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3493340
	Date:	20.01.2021
	Language:	DE
	[2021/03]
	Type:	B2 New European patent specification
	No.:	EP3493340
	Date:	18.03.2026
	Language:	DE
	[2026/12]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	28.03.2019
Classification	IPC:	H01T13/08, H01T13/32, H01T13/54	[2019/23]
	CPC:	H01T13/54 (EP); H01T13/08 (EP); H01T13/32 (EP); Y02T10/12 (EP)
Designated contracting states	AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2020/03]
Former [2019/23]	AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	KH	Not yet paid
	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
	TN	Not yet paid
Title	German:	ZÜNDKERZE MIT VERLÄNGERTEM GEHÄUSE UND MASSEELEKTRODE AN DER GEHÄUSEINNENSEITE	[2019/23]
	English:	IGNITION PLUG WITH EXTENDED HOUSING AND GROUNDING ELECTRODE ON THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSING	[2019/23]
	French:	BOUGIE D'ALLUMAGE POURVUE DE LOGEMENT ALLONGÉ ET D'ÉLECTRODE DE MASSE SUR LA FACE INTÉRIEURE DU LOGEMENT	[2019/23]
Examination procedure	20.11.2019	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	05.12.2019	Examination requested [2020/03]
	05.12.2019	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	05.10.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	04.12.2020	Fee for grant paid
	04.12.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	04.12.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 20.10.2021 22.10.2021 ADMISSIBLE Zeitler Volpert Kandlbinder Werner-Eckert-Str. 4 81829 München / DE Opponent's representative Zeitler Volpert Kandlbinder Patentanwälte Werner-Eckert-Straße 4 81829 München / DE
		[N/P]
	Former [2023/29]
	Opponent(s)	01 20.10.2021 22.10.2021 ADMISSIBLE Zeitler Volpert Kandlbinder Werner-Eckert-Str. 4 81829 München / DE Opponent's representative Zeitler Volpert Kandlbinder Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB Werner-Eckert-Str. 4 81829 München / DE
	Former [2021/47]
	Opponent(s)	01 20.10.2021 Zeitler Volpert Kandlbinder Herrnstrasse 44 80539 München / DE Opponent's representative Zeitler Volpert Kandlbinder Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB Herrnstrasse 44 80539 München / DE
	04.11.2021	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	11.03.2022	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	22.11.2022	Date of oral proceedings
	02.02.2023	Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
	02.02.2023	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	29.09.2025	Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
	23.12.2025	Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
Appeal following opposition	31.03.2023	Appeal received No. T0644/23
	31.03.2023	Payment of appeal fee
	02.06.2023	Statement of grounds filed
	29.09.2025	Result of appeal procedure: maintenance in amended form
	19.12.2025	Despatch of the decision of the Board of Appeal
	29.09.2025	Date of oral proceedings
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	30.11.2020	Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	07.11.2018
	AL	20.01.2021
	CY	20.01.2021
	CZ	20.01.2021
	DK	20.01.2021
	EE	20.01.2021
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	BG	20.04.2021
	NO	20.04.2021
	GR	21.04.2021
	IS	20.05.2021
	PT	20.05.2021
	IE	07.11.2021
	LU	07.11.2021
	BE	30.11.2021
	CH	30.11.2021
	LI	30.11.2021
	AT	07.11.2023
	[2025/09]
Former [2024/42]	HU	07.11.2018
	AL	20.01.2021
	CY	20.01.2021
	CZ	20.01.2021
	DK	20.01.2021
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	IE	07.11.2021
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Former [2024/29]	HU	07.11.2018
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	CZ	20.01.2021
	DK	20.01.2021
	EE	20.01.2021
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Former [2023/33]	HU	07.11.2018
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	IE	07.11.2021
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	BE	30.11.2021
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Former [2022/48]	AL	20.01.2021
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	IS	20.05.2021
	PT	20.05.2021
	IE	07.11.2021
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	BE	30.11.2021
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Former [2022/37]	AL	20.01.2021
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	LU	07.11.2021
	BE	30.11.2021
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Former [2022/34]	AL	20.01.2021
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	BG	20.04.2021
	NO	20.04.2021
	GR	21.04.2021
	IS	20.05.2021
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	LU	07.11.2021
	BE	30.11.2021
Former [2022/33]	AL	20.01.2021
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Documents cited:	Search	[XDI] DE3821688 (KUHNERT DIETER DR ING et al.)
	by applicant	DE3821688
		DE2916285
	Opposition	DE3821688
		GB478929
		UST866031
		DE3148296
		US4489596
		US1331282
		GB478929
		UST866031
		DE3148296
		US4489596
		US1331282

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