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(43) Date of publication: 25.06.2025 Bulletin 2025/26 (21) Application number: 23757611.1 (22) Date of filing: 16.08.2023

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A24F 40/46(2020.01) A24F 40/53(2020.01) A24F 40/50(2020.01) A24F 40/20(2020.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A24F 40/20; A24F 40/46; A24F 40/50; A24F 40/10; A24F 40/44; A24F 40/53; A24F 40/57 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2023/072580 (87) International publication number: WO 2024/038094 (22.02.2024 Gazette 2024/08)

(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: 16.08.2022 EP 22190604 (71) Applicant: JT International S.A. 1202 Genève (CH)	(72) Inventors: WRIGHT, Alec Guildford, Surrey GU2 7SU (GB) PILATOWICZ, Grzegorz Aleksander 1274 Grens (CH) (74) Representative: Bardehle Pagenberg Partnerschaft mbB Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte  Prinzregentenplatz 7 81675 München 81675 München (DE)