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(43) Date of publication: 05.04.2023 Bulletin 2023/14 (21) Application number: 21728528.7 (22) Date of filing: 25.05.2021

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A24C 5/32(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A24C 5/326; A24C 5/327 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2021/063802 (87) International publication number: WO 2021/239684 (02.12.2021 Gazette 2021/48)

(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: 27.05.2020 EP 20176931 (71) Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A. 2000 Neuchâtel (CH)	(72) Inventors: CIESLIKOWSKI, Bartosz 26-600 Radom (PL) LISOWSKI, Andrzej 26-600 Radom (PL) (74) Representative: Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB  Leopoldstraße 4 80802 München 80802 München (DE)