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EP 4 408 214 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 07.08.2024 Bulletin 2024/32 (21) Application number: 22785749.7 (22) Date of filing: 26.09.2022

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A24F 40/46(2020.01) A24F 40/10(2020.01) A24F 40/44(2020.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A24F 40/46; A24F 40/44; A24F 40/10 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2022/076646 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/046949 (30.03.2023 Gazette 2023/13)

(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: 27.09.2021 EP 21199221 (71) Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A. 2000 Neuchâtel (CH)	(72) Inventors: GRANDJEAN, Emeric 2000 Neuchâtel (CH) ZINOVIK, Ihar Nikolaevich 2000 Neuchâtel (CH) (74) Representative: Maxwell-Keys, Alex Joe  Reddie & Grose LLP The White Chapel Building 10 Whitechapel High Street London, Greater London E1 8QS London, Greater London E1 8QS (GB)