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(43) Date of publication: 25.06.2025 Bulletin 2025/26 (21) Application number: 23751980.6 (22) Date of filing: 07.08.2023

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  C11D 3/50(2006.01) C11D 17/00(2006.01) C11D 3/22(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): C11D 3/505; C11D 3/222; C11D 17/0039 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2023/071857 (87) International publication number: WO 2024/037918 (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 22190633 (71) Applicants: Unilever IP Holdings B.V. 3013 AL Rotterdam (NL) AL AT BE BG CH CZ DK EE ES FI FR GR HR HU IS LI LT LU LV MC ME MK NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM  Unilever Global IP Limited Wirral, Merseyside CH62 4ZD (GB) CY DE GB IE IT MT RS TR

(72) Inventors: ADAMS, Amanda, Jane 6708 WH Wageningen (NL) BRENNAN, Lee, James 6708 WH Wageningen (NL) BURGESS, Karl 6708 WH Wageningen (NL) CHAPPLE, Andrew, Paul 6708 WH Wageningen (NL) GRAHAM, Peter 6708 WH Wageningen (NL) KENNINGLEY, Stephen, Thomas 6708 WH Wageningen (NL) MANGA, Mohamed Soyeb Abdul Razak 6708 WH Wageningen (NL) (74) Representative: Reijns, Tiemen Geert Pieter  Unilever Patent Group Bronland 14 6708 WH Wageningen 6708 WH Wageningen (NL)