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EP 4 444 119 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 16.10.2024 Bulletin 2024/42 (21) Application number: 22830224.6 (22) Date of filing: 05.12.2022

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A24F 40/42(2020.01) A24D 1/20(2020.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A24F 40/42; A24D 1/20; A24F 40/20; A24F 40/465 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2022/084399 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/104710 (15.06.2023 Gazette 2023/24)

(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: 06.12.2021 EP 21212574 01.04.2022 EP 22166407 (71) Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A. 2000 Neuchâtel (CH)	(72) Inventors: CALI, Ricardo 68163 Mannheim (DE) CHEUNG, Yiu Chi East Hong Kong (HK) (74) Representative: Reddie & Grose LLP  The White Chapel Building 10 Whitechapel High Street London E1 8QS London E1 8QS (GB)