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(43) Date of publication: 26.06.2024 Bulletin 2024/26 (21) Application number: 22762102.6 (22) Date of filing: 12.08.2022

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A24F 40/10(2020.01) A24F 40/51(2020.01) A24F 40/20(2020.01) A24F 40/53(2020.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A24F 40/20; A24F 40/51; A24F 40/53 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2022/072683 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/020966 (23.02.2023 Gazette 2023/08)

(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: 17.08.2021 EP 21191672 (71) Applicant: JT International SA 1202 Geneva (CH)	(72) Inventor: MONTGOMERY, Gordon Antrim BT42 3EU (GB) (74) Representative: Hoffmann Eitle  Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastraße 30 81925 München 81925 München (DE)