On December 4, UBTECH announced on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that the board of directors was informed that on December 3, 2024, the National Intellectual Property Administration issued a decision on the invalidation request. Accordingly, the National Intellectual Property Administration supported the company's request to declare the patent rights of shanghai Future Partner Robot Co., Ltd. (namely, the programming method and device for robot motion sequences (patent number ZL200910045673.8)) invalid and declared all relevant patent rights involved in the legal proceedings invalid. According to Article 2 of the "Interpretation on Several Issues concerning the Application of Law in the Examination of Patent Infringement Disputes" (2020 Amendment) by the Supreme People's Court: If the claims asserted by the patentee in the patent infringement lawsuit are declared invalid by the State Council's patent administrative department, the people's court handling patent infringement disputes may rule to dismiss the patentee's lawsuit based on the invalid claims. As of the date of this announcement, the legal proceedings are still ongoing and have no substantial impact on the group’s business, operations, and financial performance.