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(43) Date of publication: 29.03.2023 Bulletin 2023/13 (21) Application number: 21734586.7 (22) Date of filing: 21.05.2021

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A24F 40/40(2020.01) A24F 40/70(2020.01) A24F 40/10(2020.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A24F 40/40; A24F 40/10; A24F 40/70 (86) International application number: PCT/US2021/033757 (87) International publication number: WO 2021/237157 (25.11.2021 Gazette 2021/47)

(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: 21.05.2020 US 202063028419 P (71) Applicant: Juul Labs, Inc. San Francisco, CA 94107 (US)	(72) Inventors: CHUN, Joseph San Francisco, CA 94107 (US) GIESEA, Andreas, M. San Francisco, CA 94107 (US) (74) Representative: Thum, Bernhard  Thum & Partner Thum Mötsch Weickert Patentanwälte PartG mbB Siebertstr. 6 81675 München 81675 München (DE)