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EP 4 240 180 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 13.09.2023 Bulletin 2023/37 (21) Application number: 21839214.0 (22) Date of filing: 17.12.2021

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A24D 1/20(2020.01) A24D 3/04(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A24D 1/20; A24D 3/04 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2021/086632 (87) International publication number: WO 2022/129597 (23.06.2022 Gazette 2022/25)

(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 (30) Priority: 18.12.2020 EP 20215840 (71) Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A. 2000 Neuchâtel (CH)	(72) Inventor: UTHURRY, Jerome 2000 Neuchâtel (CH) (74) Representative: Pham, Joanne  Reddie & Grose LLP The White Chapel Building 10 Whitechapel High Street London E1 8QS London E1 8QS (GB)