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EP 4 468 896 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 04.12.2024 Bulletin 2024/49 (21) Application number: 23701556.5 (22) Date of filing: 26.01.2023

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A24F 40/44(2020.01) A24F 40/46(2020.01) A24F 40/10(2020.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A24F 40/10; A24F 40/44; A24F 40/465 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2023/051895 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/144251 (03.08.2023 Gazette 2023/31)

(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: 26.01.2022 EP 22153411 (71) Applicant: JT International SA 1202 Geneva (CH)	(72) Inventor: MCEVOY, Jaakko 1160 Vienna (AT) (74) Representative: Gill Jennings & Every LLP  The Broadgate Tower 20 Primrose Street London EC2A 2ES London EC2A 2ES (GB)