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EP 4 076 025 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 26.10.2022 Bulletin 2022/43 (21) Application number: 20833797.2 (22) Date of filing: 16.12.2020

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A24B 15/167(2020.01) A24F 40/42(2020.01) A24F 40/10(2020.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A24B 15/167 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2020/086572 (87) International publication number: WO 2021/122845 (24.06.2021 Gazette 2021/25)

(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 Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 18.12.2019 EP 19217716 (71) Applicant: Philip Morris Products, S.A. 2000 Neuchâtel (CH)	(72) Inventor: TAURINO, Irene 2000 Neuchâtel (CH) (74) Representative: Whitfield, Ian  Reddie & Grose LLP The White Chapel Building 10 Whitechapel High Street London E1 8QS London E1 8QS (GB)