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(43) Date of publication: 02.07.2025 Bulletin 2025/27 (21) Application number: 23755086.8 (22) Date of filing: 10.08.2023

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A01N 37/02(2006.01) A01P 1/00(2006.01) A01N 43/40(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A01N 37/02; A01P 1/00; A61P 11/02; A61K 9/0043; A61K 9/08; A61K 47/12; A61K 47/186   C-Sets: A01N 37/02, A01N 43/40, A01N 63/50; A01N 37/02, A01N 43/40; (86) International application number: PCT/EP2023/072232 (87) International publication number: WO 2024/041910 (29.02.2024 Gazette 2024/09)

(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: 25.08.2022 IN 202221048413 24.10.2022 EP 22203330 (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: BHATT, Tanay Nitinkumar 6708 WH Wageningen (NL) GHATLIA, Naresh Dhirajlal 6708 WH Wageningen (NL) JAMORA, Colin Christopher 6708 WH Wageningen (NL) MAJUMDAR, Amitabha 6708 WH Wageningen (NL) RAUT, Janhavi Sanjay 6708 WH Wageningen (NL) SANZGIRI, Vibhav Ramrao 6708 WH Wageningen (NL) WASKAR, Morris 6708 WH Wageningen (NL) (74) Representative: van den Brom, Coenraad Richard  Unilever Patent Group Bronland 14 6708 WH Wageningen 6708 WH Wageningen (NL)