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(43) Date of publication: 25.08.2021 Bulletin 2021/34 (21) Application number: 19797524.6 (22) Date of filing: 15.10.2019

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A24F 40/10(2020.01) A24F 40/42(2020.01) A24F 40/30(2020.01) A24F 40/44(2020.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2019/056267 (87) International publication number: WO 2020/081527 (23.04.2020 Gazette 2020/17)

(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 Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 15.10.2018 US 201862745745 P (71) Applicant: Juul Labs, Inc. San Francisco, CA 94107 (US)	(72) Inventors: ROSSER, Christopher, J. San Francisco, CA 94107 (US) SMITH, Simon, J. San Francisco, CA 94107 (US) WESTLEY, James, P. San Francisco, CA 94107 (US) (74) Representative: Thum, Bernhard  Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte PartG mbB Schweigerstraße 2 81541 München 81541 München (DE)