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EP 4 476 404 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 18.12.2024 Bulletin 2024/51 (21) Application number: 23701516.9 (22) Date of filing: 24.01.2023

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  E02F 5/10(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): E02F 5/106 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2023/051608 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/151935 (17.08.2023 Gazette 2023/33)

(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: 08.02.2022 NL 2030849 (71) Applicant: Royal IHC Limited Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6EF (GB)	(72) Inventor: MANCHESTER, Jonathan Ralph Stocksfield Northumberland NE43 7TN (GB) (74) Representative: HGF  HGF Limited 1 City Walk Leeds LS11 9DX Leeds LS11 9DX (GB)