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(43) Date of publication: 05.03.2025 Bulletin 2025/10 (21) Application number: 23733048.5 (22) Date of filing: 17.05.2023

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B01L 7/00(2006.01) G01N 1/42(2006.01) G01N 35/00(2006.01) B01L 9/06(2006.01) B01L 7/02(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): B01L 9/06; B01L 7/00; B01L 2300/0627; B01L 2300/0832; B01L 2300/0854; B01L 2300/1805; B01L 7/02; B01L 2300/1894 (86) International application number: PCT/IB2023/055092 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/223243 (23.11.2023 Gazette 2023/47)

(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: 17.05.2022 US 202263342764 P 16.05.2023 US 202318197911 (71) Applicant: Sartorius Stedim North America Inc. Bohemia, NY 11716 (US)	(72) Inventors: CUTTING, Jonathan Heber City, Utah 84032 (US) MICKLEBURGH, Thomas Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140 (US) PHILLIPS, Nicholas Buffalo, New York 14213 (US) KAISER, Alexander Lancaster, New York 14086 (US) MAIER, Friedrich 34355 Staufenberg (DE) (74) Representative: Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB  Siebertstrasse 3 81675 München 81675 München (DE)