Patent No. EP4359310 (titled "Apparatus And Method For Automatically Applying Printed Elements On Packets Of Smoking Articles") was filed by IMA Industria Macchine Automatiche on Jun 22, 2022. The application was issued on Jul 30, 2025.

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