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(43) Date of publication: 31.05.2023 Bulletin 2023/22 (21) Application number: 21758493.7 (22) Date of filing: 22.07.2021

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A24F 40/57(2020.01) A24F 40/53(2020.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A24F 40/57; A24F 40/53 (86) International application number: PCT/US2021/042757 (87) International publication number: WO 2022/020579 (27.01.2022 Gazette 2022/04)

(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: 24.07.2020 GR 20200100441 28.07.2020 US 202063057696 P (71) Applicant: Juul Labs, Inc. San Francisco, CA 94107 (US)	(72) Inventors: GARCIA-DOTY, Ian San Francisco, CA 94107 (US) GREGORICH, Nicholas, A. San Francisco, CA 94107 (US) KALOGEROPOULOS, Xenofon Cambridge CB4 0DW (GB) NEWBOLD, Andrew, D. Cambridge CB4 0DW (GB) WALTON, Jack, O. Cambridge CB4 0DW (GB) (74) Representative: Thum, Bernhard  Thum & Partner Thum Mötsch Weickert Patentanwälte PartG mbB Siebertstr. 6 81675 München 81675 München (DE)