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EP 4 440 348 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 09.10.2024 Bulletin 2024/41 (21) Application number: 22822934.0 (22) Date of filing: 28.11.2022

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A24F 7/00(2006.01) A24F 40/485(2020.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A24F 40/10; A24F 40/485; A24F 7/00 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2022/083473 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/099398 (08.06.2023 Gazette 2023/23)

(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 ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 02.12.2021 AM 20210097 (71) Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A. 2000 Neuchâtel (CH)	(72) Inventors: BATISTA, Rui Nuno Rodrigues Alves 2000 Neuchâtel (CH) SIMONYAN, Anzhelika Kentron Yerevan, 0010 (AM) (74) Representative: Abitz & Partner  Postfach 86 01 09 81628 München 81628 München (DE)