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EP 4 267 318 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 01.11.2023 Bulletin 2023/44 (21) Application number: 22877061.6 (22) Date of filing: 16.03.2022

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B07C 5/16(2006.01) B07C 5/04(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): B07C 5/3416; B07C 5/342 (86) International application number: PCT/US2022/020657 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/055425 (06.04.2023 Gazette 2023/14)

(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: 28.09.2021 US 202163249069 P 03.12.2021 US 202163285964 P 08.02.2022 US 202217667397 (71) Applicant: Sortera Technologies, Inc. Spicewood, TX 78669 (US)	(72) Inventors: KUMAR, Nalin Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805 (US) GARCIA, JR., Manuel Gerardo Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805 (US) (74) Representative: HGF  HGF Limited 1 City Walk Leeds LS11 9DX Leeds LS11 9DX (GB)