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EP 4 503 994 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 12.02.2025 Bulletin 2025/07 (21) Application number: 23716304.3 (22) Date of filing: 31.03.2023

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A24F 40/57(2020.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A24F 40/20; A24F 40/57 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2023/058482 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/194232 (12.10.2023 Gazette 2023/41)

(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 (30) Priority: 06.04.2022 EP 22166997 (71) Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A. 2000 Neuchâtel (CH)	(72) Inventors: CHATEAU, Maxime Clément Charles 2000 Neuchâtel (CH) MOHSENI, Farhang 2000 Neuchâtel (CH) (74) Representative: Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB  Leopoldstraße 4 80802 München 80802 München (DE)