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(11) EP 4 823 344 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
21.10.2026 Bulletin 2026/43

(21) Application number: 24833880.8

(22) Date of filing: 13.12.2024
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A23C 11/04(2025.01)
A23F 3/30(2006.01)
A23L 2/395(2006.01)
A23L 29/20(2016.01)
A23L 33/21(2016.01)
A23P 30/00(2016.01)
A23F 3/16(2006.01)
A23F 5/12(2006.01)
A23L 27/00(2016.01)
A23L 29/256(2016.01)
A23P 10/30(2016.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
A23L 2/395; A23L 27/00; A23L 29/20; A23L 29/256; A23L 33/21; A23P 10/30; A23C 11/04; A23F 3/16; A23F 3/30; A23F 5/12
(86) International application number:
PCT/EP2024/086268
(87) International publication number:
WO 2025/125593 (19.06.2025 Gazette 2025/25)
(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:
GE KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 14.12.2023 GB 202319187

(71) Applicant: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.
3532 AD Utrecht (NL)

(72) Inventor:
  • SMITS, Joannes Hubertus Petrus Maria
    3532 AD Utrecht (NL)

(74) Representative: Wilson Gunn 
Centurion House 129 Deansgate
Manchester M3 3WR
Manchester M3 3WR (GB)

   


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