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(43) Date of publication: 16.11.2022 Bulletin 2022/46 (21) Application number: 21700333.4 (22) Date of filing: 07.01.2021

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A01N 43/36(2006.01) A01N 47/40(2006.01) A01N 43/56(2006.01) A01N 65/03(2009.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A01N 65/03; A01N 47/40; A01N 43/56; A01N 43/36   C-Sets: A01N 65/03, A01N 25/00, A01N 25/10, A01N 43/36, A01N 43/56, A01N 47/40; A01N 47/40, A01N 25/00, A01N 25/10; A01N 43/56, A01N 25/00, A01N 25/10; A01N 43/36, A01N 25/00, A01N 25/10; (86) International application number: PCT/GB2021/050033 (87) International publication number: WO 2021/140327 (15.07.2021 Gazette 2021/28)

(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: 08.01.2020 GB 202000239 (71) Applicants: UPL Corporation Limited Port Louis (MU) UPL Europe Ltd Warrington, Cheshire WA3 6YN (GB)

(72) Inventors: JONES, Andrew Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire CV37 9ES (GB) RAMDHIAN, David Kumar Broadway, Worcestershire WR12 7EU (GB) ARCHER, Thomas Henry Evesham, Worcestershire WR11 7SU (GB) WHEELHOUSE, Tom Evesham, Worcestershire WR11 7TB (GB) MAUDE, James Patrick Evesham, Worcestershire (GB) ALVES, Jonatas Bredow Apex, North Carolina 27502 (US) (74) Representative: J A Kemp LLP  80 Turnmill Street London EC1M 5QU London EC1M 5QU (GB)