METHODS FOR REDUCING MATRIX-BOUND NICOTINE-DERIVED NITROSAMINE KETONE IN TOBACCO PLANT MATERIAL - Patent 3082478

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EP 3 082 478 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	26.10.2016 Bulletin 2016/43

(21)	Application number: 14824834.7

(22)	Date of filing: 18.12.2014

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A24B 15/24^(2006.01)

A24B 3/12^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/EP2014/078607

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2015/091880 (25.06.2015 Gazette 2015/25)

(84)	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
	Designated Extension States:
	BA ME

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Priority:

18.12.2013 EP 13198191

(71)	Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
	2000 Neuchâtel (CH)

(72)	Inventors:
	LANG, Gerhard CH-3280 Murten (CH) SCHALLER, Jean-Pierre CH-1202 Geneve (CH) VUARNOZ, Aline CH-1745 Lentigny (CH)

(74)	Representative: Maschio, Antonio
	Maschio & Soames IP Limited 30 Carlton Crescent Southampton SO15 2EW Southampton SO15 2EW (GB)

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