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EP 3 113 635 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 11.01.2017 Bulletin 2017/02 (21) Application number: 15706044.3 (22) Date of filing: 25.02.2015

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A24F 23/02(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/EP2015/053953 (87) International publication number: WO 2015/132104 (11.09.2015 Gazette 2015/36)

(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 (30) Priority: 04.03.2014 EP 14157695 (71) Applicant: Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken GmbH 22761 Hamburg (DE)	(72) Inventors: COOPER, Edward 22761 Hamburg (DE) LITTLE, Colin 22761 Hamburg (DE) (74) Representative: Gulde & Partner  Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei mbB Wallstraße 58/59 10179 Berlin 10179 Berlin (DE)