UPC CFI 173/2024 and 424/2024 – Nera Innovations Ltd. v Xiaomi Communications Co, Ltd. et al.

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1 Hamburg - Local Chamber UPC CFI 173/2024 and 424/2024 Decision of the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court Local Division Hamburg issued on 10 July 2025 GUIDING PRINCIPLES 1. If the actual core of the auxiliary requests for the alternative maintenance of the patent pursuant to R. 30 RP is small, the opposing party is not faced with unreasonable challenges with regard to its submission, even if the number of auxiliary requests is quite high, Rule 30.1 lit. c) RP. 2. An inadmissible amendment in the sense of an intermediate generalisation exists if a term has been dropped from the claim wording which was still contained in the version requested, Art. 123(2) and (3) EPC. 3. If a citation has a comparable mode of operation but a different field of application (adjustment of the resonant frequency of an antenna device in a receiver for near-field communication) compared to the claimed system (construction and manufacture of a power receiver for wireless charging), it is not a prior art document which the skilled person would refer to in the search for the solution to the problem of the patent in suit, Art. 54 and 56 EPC. KEYWORDS Rule 30.1(c) RP, Art. 54 EPC, Art. 56 EPC, Art. 123(2) EPC2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 2 PLAINTIFF AND COUNTER-DEFENDANT Nera Innovations Ltd. (Applicant)- Suite 23, The Hyde Building, The Park, Carrickmines - 18 - Dublin - IE Represented by Dr Thomas Adam DEFENDANTS AND COUNTERCLAIMANTS 1. Xiaomi Communications Co, Ltd. (Defendant) - No. 019, 9th Floor, Building 6, Yard 33, Xierqi Middle Road, Haidian District - 100085 - Beijing - CN Statement of claim served on 23/08/2024 Represented by: Eva Acker 2 Xiaomi Inc. (Defendant) - No. 006, 6th floor, Yard 33, Middle Xierqi Road, Haidian District - 100089 - Beijing - CN Statement of claim served on 23/08/2024 Represented by: Eva Acker 3. Xiaomi Technology Netherlands B.V. (Defendant) - Prinsens Beatrixlaan 582 - 2595BM - The Hague - NL Statement of claim served on 25/04/2024 Represented by: Eva Acker 4. Xiaomi Technology Germany GmbH (Defendant) - Niederkasseler Lohweg 175 - 40547 - Düsseldorf - DE Düsseldorf - DE Statement of claim served on 25/04/2024 Represented by: Eva Acker PATENT IN DISPUTE Patent no. Proprietor EP2642632 Nera Innovations Ltd. PANEL This decision was issued with the participation of the presiding judge Klepsch, the legally qualified judge and rapporteur Dr Schilling, the legally qualified judge Granata and the technically qualified judge Dr Mesa Pascasio.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 3 SUBJECT MATTER Action for infringement and action for annulment ORAL NEGOTIATION 22/05/2025, 10:00 a.m. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE FACTS The plaintiff is suing the defendants for infringement of the German and Dutch parts of the European patent EP 2 642 632 B1 (also referred to as the "patent in suit"), which protects wireless energy receivers. The parties are disputing the legal validity of the patent, which the plaintiff is defending in the alternative on a limited basis. The plaintiff is a company based in Ireland that licences patent portfolios to third parties. The defendants all belong to the Xiaomi group of companies. The plaintiff is challenging the use of wireless power receiver devices in, inter alia, the Xiaomi 13 Pro and Xiaomi POCO F5 Pro 5G smartphones (hereinafter the accused embodiments) manufactured by defendant 1). According to the German website of Xiaomi, defendant 2) operates this website. According to the German and Dutch websites of Xiaomi, Defendant 3) is the seller of the attacked embodiments in Europe, i.e. also in the Federal Republic of Germany and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The defendant to 4) is, according to the German website, responsible for the content of the German version of the website and therefore also offers the infringing design in Germany The plaintiff relies on the patent-in-suit (German Ref. 60 2012 043 310.8; Dutch Ref. EP2642632), the application for which was filed by LG Innotek Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "LG Innotek") on 30 October 2012 and published on 25 September 2013. The patent-in-suit claims Korean priorities of 23 March 2012 and 19 July 2012. The notice of patent grant was published on 28 February 2018. It is written in English. The plaintiff claims that the applicant, LG Innotek, has transferred the patent in suit together with all claims for the past to Scramoge Technology Ltd, Ireland, with effect from 22 January 2021 on the basis of a "Patent Purchase Agreement" concluded on 8 December 2020 (see Annex PS 2, partially blacked out). Sections 1.8, 2.1, 2.2 and 5.2 of PPA 1 result in the transfer of rights. Scramoge Technology Ltd. is the legal predecessor of the plaintiff. Accordingly, LG Innotek transferred the patent in suit (also together with all claims for the past) to the plaintiff on the basis of a "Patent Purchase Agreement" concluded on 5 March 2024 with effect from 5 April 2024.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 4 Scramoge Technology Ltd. also transferred the patent in suit and all claims for the past to the plaintiff with effect from 5 April 2024 on the basis of the "Patent Purchase Agreement" concluded on 5 March 2024 (hereinafter referred to as "PPA 2") (see Annex PS 4). Here, too, the transfer of rights to the plaintiff results from clauses 1.8, 2.1, 2.2 and 5.2 of PPA 2, which are identical in wording to PPA 1. The plaintiff is therefore the sole and exclusively authorised owner of the patent in suit. In the meantime, the plaintiff is the registered proprietor of the patent in suit in both the Dutch and German patent registers. The patent in suit is still in force. It was the subject of nullity proceedings before the German Federal Patent Court. The proceedings with the file number 4 Ni 45/22 (EP) ended by withdrawal of the action before the oral hearing, the proceedings with the file number 4 Ni 47/22 (EP) ended with the judgement of 9 May 2023 (GRUR-RS 2023, 19684). The latter decision was the subject of appeal proceedings before the German Federal Court of Justice, in which there were no further oral proceedings because these proceedings were also terminated by withdrawal of the action. According to para. [0001], the teaching of the patent in suit relates to wireless charging and in particular to a receiving antenna for wireless charging and a wireless power receiving device with such a receiving antenna. Such wireless power receiving devices can be, for example, mobile terminals whose batteries are to be charged wirelessly. The plaintiff relies on a literal infringement of claim 1 and sub-claims 2 to 6 (statement of claim) by the smartphones Xiaomi 13 Pro and Xiaomi POCO F5 Pro 5G (attacked forms of infringement) and, alternatively, on an infringement according to auxiliary requests 1 to 33A, as the plaintiff puts forward in its request to amend the patent according to R. 30 VerfO in response to the defendant's nullity counterclaim. Claim 1 of the patent-in-suit claims a system comprising a wireless power receiver (1000) and a connection unit (300), wherein the wireless power receiver (1000) comprises certain specifications. Claims 2 to 6 are dependent sub-claims. Claim 18 claims a terminal device provided therein with a system according to any one of claims 1 to 13. Claims 1 to 6 of the patent in suit, as granted and translated into German, read as follows: 1. A system comprising a wireless power receiver (1000) and a connecting unit (300), the wireless power receiver (1000) comprising: a substrate (100) configured to change a direction of a magnetic field received from a transmission side; a coil unit (200) including a first connection terminal (210), a second connection terminal (220) and a coil (230), wherein the coil (230) is configured to wirelessly receive power, wherein the coil (230) is formed as a conductive pattern on or inside the substrate (100), and wherein the first connection terminal (210) is located at one end of the coil (230) and the second connection terminal (220) is provided at the other end of the coil (230), characterised in that the substrate (100) has a receiving space formed therein for the connecting unit (300),2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 5 wherein the connecting unit (300) includes a first connection terminal (310) of the connecting unit (300) for connecting to the first connection terminal (210) of the coil unit (200) and a second connection terminal (320) of the connecting unit (300) for connecting to the second connection terminal (220) of the coil unit (200). 1. A system comprising a wireless power receiver (1000) and a connecting unit (300), wherein the wireless power receiver (1000) comprises a substrate (100) configured to change a direction of a magnetic field received from a transmitting side; a coil unit (200) including a first connection terminal (210), a second connection terminal (220), and a coil (230), wherein the coil (230) is configured to receive power wirelessly, wherein the coil (230) is formed as a conductive pattern on or within the substrate (100), and wherein the first connection terminal (210) is located at one end of the coil (230). (210) is located at one end of the coil (230) and the second connection terminal (220) is provided at the other end of the coil (230), characterised in that the substrate (100) has a receiving space formed therein for the connection unit (300), the connection unit (300) having a first connection terminal (310) of the connection unit (300) for connecting the first connection terminal (210) of the coil unit (200) and a second connection terminal (320) of the connection unit (300) for connecting to the second connection terminal (220) of the coil unit (200). 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the substrate (100) is a flexible sheet. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the substrate (100) is a flexible sheet. 3. The system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the coil unit (200) is disposed directly on a top surface of the substrate (100). 3. The system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the coil unit (200) is disposed directly on a top surface of the substrate (100). 4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the conductive pattern is formed directly on a surface of the substrate (100). 4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the conductive pattern is formed directly on a surface of the substrate (100). 5. The system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the conductive pattern is a conductive layer. 5. The system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the conductive pattern is a conductive layer. 6. The system according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the receiving space corresponds to a shape of the connecting unit (300). 6. The system according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the receiving space corresponds to a shape of the connecting unit (300) Claim 18, which is the subject of the cancellation counterclaim, reads as follows in its granted version and German translation: 18. a terminal equipped therein with a system according to one of the claims 1 to 13.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 6 18. terminal equipped therein with a system according to one of the claims 1 to 13 FACTUAL AND LEGAL ISSUES OF THE PARTIES The defendants dispute the plaintiff's entitlement to assert claims with ignorance, in particular with regard to the two transfer transactions presented. They deny with ignorance that the asserted claims for the past, i.e. the period from 28 March 2018 to 21 December 2020, have been effectively assigned by LG Innotek to the plaintiff. The same applies to the claims of Scramoge Technology Ltd. for the period between 22 January 2021 and 4 April 2024. The register has no indicative effect in this respect and the plaintiff has not made any substantiated submissions in this regard, in particular no assignment agreement has been submitted. The parties are in dispute about the interpretation of the characteristics of the connection terminals of the coil unit, the term "conductive pattern" and the way in which the receiving space in the substrate must be designed. The parties also dispute the legal validity of the patent in suit. The defendants invoke several inadmissible extensions as well as lack of novelty or lack of inventive step in relation to six prior art documents that were largely not considered in the grant proceedings. The plaintiff then filed two sets of 33 auxiliary requests each in limited defence of the patent in suit with its response to the action for revocation and supplemented the requests for injunctive relief accordingly with auxiliary requests. The parties are in dispute as to whether the wireless energy receiver devices in, inter alia, the Xiaomi 13 Pro and Xiaomi POCO F5 Pro 5G smartphones manufactured by defendant 1) make use of the teaching of the patent in suit. The defendants deny this. In the statement of defence dated 25 July 2024, they initially submitted a non-infringement statement without a request for confidentiality (p. 40 et seq.) and asserted that the attacked embodiments did not have any connection ports corresponding to the patent in suit (feature group 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 of claim 1 of the patent in suit, see below for more details). They have argued that in the contested embodiments, the coil does not consist of a conductor pattern within the meaning of the patent in suit, but of coiled copper wires. There is precisely no "spatially and physically designed component" to establish a connection with a connection unit. Rather, the end points of the copper wires are merely the section of the wires that make physical contact with the connection unit, as can also be seen from the illustrations shown by the plaintiff. The ends of the copper wire coil are soldered directly to the Flexible Printed Circuit Board. There is no special moulding of the copper wires or even a separate component for the connection.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 7 They believe that, on the basis of the correct interpretation that a conductive pattern only exists if there are no coiled wires but only structures formed by a structuring process of printed circuit board technology, the contested embodiments do not realise this feature. This is because the challenged embodiments used multiple coiled copper wires, which is also apparent from the plaintiff's submission. The challenged embodiments also did not have a receiving space in accordance with the claim. Even at the point where the copper wires are soldered to the flexible printed circuit board, there is no complete penetration of the substrate. Even more so, there is no flat recess, in the sense of a recess covering all layers of the substrate in the area in which the substrate, copper wires and the flexible printed circuit board are superimposed. In addition, neither the Xiaomi 13 Pro nor the Xiaomi POCO F5 Pro 5G have terminals. In addition, the defendants have submitted further arguments on the question of infringement in the duplicate, whereby the reproduction of these arguments is dispensed with due to an accompanying application under R. 262.2 VerfO is waived (see duplicate of 04.02.2025, p. 7; grey background). MOTIONS OF THE PARTIES The plaintiff requests that I. order the defendants 1. to refrain from in the Federal Republic of Germany and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, systems comprising a wireless power receiver and a connection unit, wherein the wireless power receiver comprises a substrate configured to change a direction of a magnetic field received from a transmitting side; a coil unit including a first connection terminal, a second connection terminal, and a coil, wherein the coil is configured to receive power wirelessly, wherein the coil is formed as a conductive pattern on or within the substrate, and wherein the first connection terminal is located at one end of the coil and the second connection terminal is provided at the other end of the coil, characterised in that the substrate has a receiving space formed therein for the connection unit, the connection unit having a first connection terminal of the connection unit for connecting to the first connection terminal of the coil unit and a second connection terminal of the connection unit for connecting to the second connection terminal of the coil unit, to offer, place on the market or use or to import or possess for said purposes; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1) in particular if2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 8 the substrate is a flexible film; (claim 2 of EP 2 642 632 B1 referred back to claims 1 and 2) and/or the coil unit is arranged directly on an upper surface of the substrate; ( claim 3 of EP 2 642 632 B1 referring back to claims 1 and 2) or the conductive pattern is formed directly on a surface of the substrate; (claim 4 of EP 2 642 632 B1 referring back to claim 1 or 2) or the conductive pattern i s a conductive layer; (claim 5 of EP 2 642 632 B1 referring back to claim 1 or 2) or the receiving space corresponds to a mould of the connection unit; (claim 6 of EP 2 642 632 B1 referred back to claim 1 or 2) and/or the first connection terminal of the coil unit is arranged at a radially outermost portion of the coil unit and the second connection terminal of the coil unit is arranged at a radially innermost portion of the coil unit; and/or the connecting unit extends from an outermost radial portion of the coil unit to an innermost radial portion of the coil unit, and wherein the connecting unit extends radially beyond the coil unit; and/or the first connection terminal of the connection unit is arranged below the first connection terminal of the coil unit and the second connection terminal of the connection unit is arranged below the second connection terminal of the coil unit; in the alternative (in the following order) to refrain from in the Federal Republic of Germany and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, systems comprising a wireless power receiver and a connection unit, wherein the wireless power receiver comprises a substrate configured to change a direction of a magnetic field received from a transmitting side; a coil unit including a first connection terminal, a second connection terminal, and a coil, wherein the coil is configured to receive power wirelessly, wherein the coil is formed as a conductive pattern on or within the substrate, and wherein the first connection terminal is at one end of the coil and the second connection terminal is provided at the other end of the coil, characterised in that the substrate has a receiving space formed therein for the connection unit, wherein the connection unit is configured to change a direction of a magnetic field received from a transmitting side, and wherein the coil unit is configured to receive power wirelessly.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 9 a first connecting terminal of the connecting unit for connecting the first connecting terminal of the coil unit and a second connecting terminal of the connecting unit for connecting to the second connecting terminal of the coil unit, to offer, place on the market or use or to import or possess for the said purposes, if the substrate is magnetic (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended b y auxiliary request 1) or if the substrate is magnetic and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connection unit; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 in the version of auxiliary request 2) or when a terminal device is provided with the system, wherein the terminal device is a mobile phone and the substrate is magnetic; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary request 3) or when a terminal is provided with the system, wherein the terminal is a mobile phone, the substrate is magnetic and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connection unit; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary request 3A) or when the substrate is magnetic and the connection unit connects the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended b y auxiliary claim 4) or when the substrate is magnetic, the connecting unit connects the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary request 4A) or2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 10 when the substrate is magnetic and the connection unit is disposed below the coil unit; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary request 5) or when the substrate is magnetic, the connecting unit is disposed below the coil unit, and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary request 5A) or when the substrate is magnetic and the connection unit is disposed below the coil unit, the connection unit extending radially beyond the coil unit; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary request 6) or when the substrate is magnetic, the connection unit is disposed below the coil unit, the connection unit extending radially beyond the coil unit and the receiving space having a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connection unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 6A) or when the substrate is magnetic and the first connection terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially outermost portion of the coil unit and the second connection terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially innermost portion of the coil unit; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 7) or when the substrate is magnetic, the first connection terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially outermost portion of the coil unit and the second connection terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially innermost portion of the coil unit, and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connection unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 7A) or2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 11 when the substrate is magnetic and the connection unit comprises a flexible printed circuit board or a tape substrate; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary request 8) or when the substrate is magnetic, the connecting unit comprises a flexible printed circuit board or a tape substrate, and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary request 8A) or when the substrate is magnetic and the connection unit extends from a radially outermost portion of the coil unit to a radially innermost portion of the coil unit, the connection unit extending radially beyond the coil unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 9) or when the substrate is magnetic, the connecting unit extending from a radially outermost portion of the coil unit to a radially innermost portion of the coil unit, the connecting unit extending radially beyond the coil unit, the receiving space having a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 9A) or when the substrate is magnetic and the first connection terminal of the connection unit is disposed below the first connection terminal of the coil unit, and the second connection terminal of the connection unit is disposed below the second connection terminal of the coil unit; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 10) or when the substrate is magnetic, the first connecting terminal of the connecting unit is disposed below the first connecting terminal of the coil unit, and the second connecting terminal of the connecting unit is disposed below the second connecting terminal of the coil unit, and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 10A)2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 12 or when the substrate is magnetic and the coil unit comprising the first connection terminal, the second connection terminal and the coil is arranged on a single plane; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary request 11) or when the substrate is magnetic, the coil unit comprising the first connection terminal, the second connection terminal and the coil is arranged on a single plane, and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connection unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 11A) or when the substrate is magnetic and the first connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the first connection terminal of the connection unit by a first solder, and the second connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the second connection terminal of the connection unit by a second solder; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended b y auxiliary claim 12) or when the substrate is magnetic, the first connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the first connection terminal of the connection unit by a first solder, and the second connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the second connection terminal of the connection unit by a second solder, and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connection unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 12A) or when the substrate is magnetic and the thickness of the connection unit is less than the thickness of the substrate; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary request 13) or when the substrate is magnetic, the thickness of the connecting unit is less than the thickness of the substrate, and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit;2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 13 (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary request 13A) or when the substrate is magnetic and the connection unit connects the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, wherein the connection unit is disposed below the coil unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary request 14) or when the substrate is magnetic, the connecting unit connecting the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, the connecting unit being disposed below the coil unit, and the receiving space having a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 in the version of auxiliary request 14A) or when the substrate is magnetic and the connection unit connects the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, wherein the first connection terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially outermost portion of the coil unit and the second connection terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially innermost portion of the coil unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 15) or when the substrate is magnetic, the connecting unit connecting the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, wherein the first connecting terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially outermost portion of the coil unit and the second connecting terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially innermost portion of the coil unit, and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 15A) or when a terminal device is equipped with the system, wherein the terminal device is a mobile phone, the substrate is magnetic, the connection unit connects the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, and the connection unit is disposed below the coil unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 16) or2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 14 when a terminal device is equipped with the system, the terminal device being a mobile phone, the substrate being magnetic, the connecting unit connecting the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, the connecting unit being disposed below the coil unit, and the receiving space having a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 16A) or when a terminal device is equipped with the system, the terminal device being a mobile phone, the substrate being magnetic, the connecting unit connecting the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, wherein the first connecting terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially outermost portion of the coil unit and the second connecting terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially innermost portion of the coil unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 17) or when a terminal is equipped with the system, wherein the terminal is a mobile phone, the substrate is magnetic, the connecting unit connects the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, wherein the first connecting terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially outermost portion of the coil unit and the second connecting terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially innermost portion of the coil unit, and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 17A) or when the substrate is magnetic, the connecting unit connecting the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, the connecting unit being disposed below the coil unit, and the connecting unit including a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended b y auxiliary claim 18) or when the substrate is magnetic, the connecting unit connects the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, wherein the connecting unit is disposed below the coil unit and the connecting unit includes a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 18A)2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 15 or when the substrate is magnetic, the connection unit connects the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, wherein the first connection terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially outermost portion of the coil unit and the second connection terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially innermost portion of the coil unit, and the connection unit includes a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended b y auxiliary claim 19) or when the substrate is magnetic, the connecting unit connects the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, wherein the first connecting terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially outermost portion of the coil unit and the second connecting terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially innermost portion of the coil unit, the connecting unit includes a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 19A) or when a terminal device is equipped with the system, wherein the terminal device is a mobile phone, the substrate is magnetic, the connection unit connects the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, wherein the connection unit is disposed below the coil unit, and the connection unit includes a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 20) or when a terminal device is equipped with the system, wherein the terminal device is a mobile phone, the substrate is magnetic, the connecting unit connects the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, wherein the connecting unit is disposed below the coil unit and the connecting unit includes a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 20A) or when a terminal is equipped with the system, wherein the terminal is a mobile phone, the substrate is magnetic, the connection unit connects the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, wherein the first connection terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially outermost portion of the coil unit, and the second connection terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially innermost portion of the coil unit, and the connection unit includes a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 16 and the second connecting terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially innermost portion of the coil unit, and the connecting unit includes a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended b y auxiliary claim 21) or when a terminal device is equipped with the system, wherein the terminal device is a mobile phone, the substrate is magnetic, the connection unit connects the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, wherein the first connection terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially outermost portion of the coil unit and the second connection terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially innermost portion of the coil unit, the connection unit includes a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connection unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 21A) or when the substrate is magnetic, the connection unit connects the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, the connection unit being disposed below the coil unit, and the first connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the first connection terminal of the connection unit by a first solder, and the second connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the second connection terminal of the connection unit by a second solder, wherein the thickness of the connection unit is less than the thickness of the substrate; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 22) or when the substrate is magnetic, the connecting unit connecting the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, the connecting unit being disposed below the coil unit, and the first connecting terminal of the coil unit being connected to the first connecting terminal of the connecting unit by a first solder, and the second connecting terminal of the coil unit being connected to the second connecting terminal of the connecting unit by a second solder, wherein the thickness of the connecting unit is smaller than the thickness of the substrate and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary request 22A) or when the substrate i s magnetic, the connecting unit c o n n e c t s the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, wherein the first connecting terminal2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 17 said coil unit is disposed at a radially outermost portion of said coil unit and said second connecting terminal of said coil unit is disposed at a radially innermost portion of said coil unit, and said first connecting terminal of said coil unit is connected to said first connecting terminal of said connecting unit by a first solder, and said second connecting terminal of said coil unit is connected to said second connecting terminal of said connecting unit by a second solder, wherein the thickness of said connecting unit is smaller than the thickness of said substrate; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended b y auxiliary claim 23) or when the substrate is magnetic, the connecting unit connecting the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, wherein the first connecting terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially outermost portion of the coil unit and the second connecting terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially innermost portion of the coil unit; and and the first connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the first connection terminal of the connection unit by a first solder, and the second connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the second connection terminal of the connection unit by a second solder, wherein the thickness of the connection unit is smaller than the thickness of the substrate and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connection unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary request 23A) or when a terminal is equipped with the system, wherein the terminal is a mobile phone, the substrate is magnetic, the connection unit connects the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, wherein the first connection terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially outermost portion of the coil unit and the second connection terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially innermost portion of the coil unit, and the connection unit includes a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, wherein the first connection terminal of the connection unit is disposed below the first connection terminal of the coil unit and the second connection terminal of the connection unit is disposed below the second connection terminal of the coil unit, and the connection unit includes a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, wherein the first connection terminal of the connection unit is disposed below the first connection terminal of the coil unit and the second connection terminal of the connection unit is disposed below the second connection terminal of the coil unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended b y auxiliary claim 24) or when a terminal device is equipped with the system, the terminal device being a mobile phone, the substrate being magnetic, the connecting unit connecting the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, the first connecting terminal of the coil unit being disposed at a radially outermost portion of the coil unit and the second connecting terminal of the coil unit being disposed at a radially innermost portion of the coil unit, characterised in that the first connecting terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially outermost portion of the coil unit and the second connecting terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially innermost portion of the coil unit.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 18 the connecting unit includes a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, wherein the first connecting terminal of the connecting unit is disposed below the first connecting terminal of the coil unit and the second connecting terminal of the connecting unit is disposed below the second connecting terminal of the coil unit, and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 in the version of auxiliary request 24A) or when a terminal device is provided with the system, the terminal device being a mobile phone, the substrate being magnetic, the connecting unit connecting the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, the connecting unit being disposed below the coil unit and comprising a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, the connecting unit extending from a radially outermost portion of the coil unit to an innermost portion of the coil unit, and the connecting unit extending radially beyond the coil unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 25) or when a terminal device is equipped with the system, the terminal device being a mobile phone, the substrate being magnetic, the connecting unit connecting the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, the connecting unit being disposed below the coil unit and including a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, the connecting unit extending from a radially outermost portion of the coil unit to an innermost portion of the coil unit and the connecting unit extending radially beyond the coil unit, and the receiving space having a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary request 25A) or when a terminal device is equipped with the system, the terminal device being a mobile phone, the substrate being magnetic, the connection unit connecting the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, the connection unit being disposed below the coil unit, the connection unit including a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, the coil unit comprising the first connection terminal, the second connection terminal and the coil being disposed on a single plane; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 26) or2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 19 when a terminal device is equipped with the system, wherein the terminal device is a mobile phone, the substrate is magnetic, the connecting unit connects the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, the connecting unit is arranged under the coil unit, the connecting unit includes a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, wherein the coil unit comprising the first connecting terminal, the second connecting terminal and the coil is arranged on a single plane, and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary request 26A) or when a terminal device is equipped with the system, wherein the terminal device is a mobile phone, the substrate is magnetic, the connection unit connects the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, wherein the connection unit is disposed below the coil unit, the connection unit extends radially beyond the coil unit, and the connection unit includes a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, wherein the first connection terminal of the connection unit is disposed below the first connection terminal of the coil unit and the second connection terminal of the connection unit is disposed below the second connection terminal of the coil unit and the coil unit comprising the first connection terminal, the second connection terminal and the coil is disposed on a single plane; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 in the version of auxiliary request 27) or when a terminal device is provided with the system, the terminal device being a mobile phone, the substrate being magnetic, the connection unit connecting the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, the connection unit being disposed below the coil unit, the connection unit extending radially beyond the coil unit, the connection unit comprising a flexible printed circuit board or a tape substrate, wherein the first connection terminal of the connection unit is disposed below the first connection terminal of the coil unit and the second connection terminal of the connection unit is disposed below the second connection terminal of the coil unit, and the coil unit comprising the first connection terminal, the second connection terminal and the coil is disposed on a single plane, and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connection unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 27A) or when a terminal device is equipped with the system, the terminal device being a mobile phone, the substrate being magnetic, the connection unit connecting the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, the connection unit being arranged under the coil unit, the connection unit including a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, the first connection terminal of the coil unit being connected to the first connection terminal of the connection unit by a first solder, and the second connection terminal of the connection unit being connected to the second connection terminal of the connection unit by a second solder.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 20 coil unit, the connection unit including a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, the first connection terminal of the coil unit being connected to the first connection terminal of the connection unit by a first solder, and the second connection terminal of the coil unit being connected to the second connection terminal of the connection unit by a second solder, and wherein the thickness of the connection unit is less than the thickness of the substrate; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended b y auxiliary claim 28) or when a terminal device is equipped with the system, wherein the terminal device is a mobile phone, the substrate is magnetic, the connection unit connects the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, wherein the connection unit is arranged under the coil unit, the connection unit comprises a flexible printed circuit board or a tape substrate, the first connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the first connection terminal of the connection unit by a first solder, and the second connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the second connection terminal of the connection unit by a second solder, and wherein the thickness of the connection unit is smaller than the thickness of the substrate, and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connection unit; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 in the version of auxiliary request 28A) or when a terminal device is equipped with the system, the terminal device being a mobile phone, the substrate being magnetic, the connecting unit connecting the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, wherein the first connecting terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially outermost portion of the coil unit and the second connecting terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially innermost portion of the coil unit, the connection unit includes a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, and the first connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the first connection terminal of the connection unit by a first solder and the second connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the second connection terminal of the connection unit by a second solder, and the thickness of the connection unit is smaller than the thickness of the substrate; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended b y auxiliary claim 29) or when a terminal device is equipped with the system, wherein the terminal device is a mobile phone, the substrate is magnetic, the connection unit connects the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, wherein the first connection terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially outermost portion of the coil unit and the second connection terminal of the coil unit i s disposed at a radially innermost portion of the coil unit, the connection unit includes a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, and the first connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the first connection terminal of the connection unit by a first solder, and the second connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the second connection terminal of the connection unit by a second solder.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 21 a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, and the first connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the first connection terminal of the connection unit by a first solder and the second connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the second connection terminal of the connection unit by a second solder, the thickness of the connection unit is smaller than the thickness of the substrate, and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connection unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary request 29A) or when a terminal device is equipped with the system, wherein the terminal device is a mobile phone, the substrate is magnetic, the connecting unit connects the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, the connecting unit is disposed under the coil unit, the connecting unit includes a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, wherein the first connecting terminal of the connecting unit is disposed under the first connecting terminal of the coil unit and the second connecting terminal of the connecting unit is disposed under the second connecting terminal of the coil unit, and the first connecting terminal of the coil unit is connected to the first connecting terminal of the connecting unit by a first solder, and the second connecting terminal of the coil unit is connected to the second connecting terminal of the connecting unit by a second solder, and the first connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the first connection terminal of the connection unit by a first solder and the second connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the second connection terminal of the connection unit by a second solder, and the thickness of the connection unit is less than the thickness of the substrate; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended b y auxiliary claim 30) or when a terminal device is equipped with the system, wherein the terminal device is a mobile phone, the substrate is magnetic, the connecting unit connects the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, the connecting unit is disposed under the coil unit, the connecting unit includes a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, wherein the first connecting terminal of the connecting unit is disposed under the first connecting terminal of the coil unit, and the second connecting terminal of the connecting unit is disposed under the second connecting terminal of the coil unit and the first connecting terminal of the coil unit is connected to the first connecting terminal of the coil unit by a first solder and the second connecting terminal of the coil unit is connected to the second connecting terminal of the coil unit by a second solder, and the thickness of the connecting unit is smaller than the thickness of the substrate and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary request 30A) or2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 22 when a terminal device is equipped with the system, wherein the terminal device is a mobile phone, the substrate is magnetic, the connecting unit connects the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, the first connecting terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially outermost portion of the coil unit and the second connecting terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially innermost portion of the coil unit, wherein the connecting unit includes a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate and the first connection terminal of the connection unit is disposed below the first connection terminal of the coil unit and the second connection terminal of the connection unit is disposed below the second connection terminal of the coil unit, wherein the first connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the first connection terminal of the connection unit by a first solder and the second connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the second connection terminal of the connection unit by a second solder, and the thickness of the connection unit is smaller than the thickness of the substrate; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary claim 31) or when a terminal device is equipped with the system, wherein the terminal device is a mobile phone, the substrate is magnetic, the connection unit connects the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, the first connection terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially outermost portion of the coil unit, and the second connection terminal of the coil unit is disposed at a radially innermost portion of the coil unit, wherein the connection unit includes a flexible printed circuit board or a tape substrate, and the first connecting terminal of the connecting unit is disposed below the first connecting terminal of the coil unit and the second connecting terminal of the connecting unit is disposed below the second connecting terminal of the coil unit, wherein the first connecting terminal of the coil unit is connected to the first connecting terminal of the connecting unit by a first solder and the second connecting terminal of the coil unit is connected to the second connecting terminal of the connecting unit by a second solder, and the thickness of the connecting unit is smaller than the thickness of the substrate and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary request 31A) or when a terminal device is equipped with the system, the terminal device being a mobile phone, the substrate being magnetic, the connection unit connecting the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, the connection unit being disposed under the coil unit, the connection unit including a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, the first connection terminal of the connection unit being disposed under the first connection terminal of the coil unit, and the second connection terminal of the connection unit being disposed under the second connection terminal2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 23 of the coil unit, the coil unit comprising the first connection terminal, the second connection terminal and the coil is arranged on a single plane, and the first connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the first connection terminal of the connection unit by a first solder and the second connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the second connection terminal of the connection unit by a second solder, and the thickness of the connection unit is smaller than the thickness of the substrate; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended b y auxiliary claim 32) or when a terminal is equipped with the system, the terminal being a mobile phone, the substrate being magnetic, the connecting unit connecting the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, the connecting unit being disposed under the coil unit, and the connecting unit including a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, the first connecting terminal of the connecting unit being disposed under the first connecting terminal of the coil unit, and the second connecting terminal of the connecting unit being disposed under the second connecting terminal of the coil unit, the coil unit including the first connecting terminal, the second connecting terminal and the coil is arranged on a single plane, and the first connecting terminal of the coil unit is connected to the first connecting terminal of the connecting unit by a first solder and the second connecting terminal of the coil unit is connected to the second connecting terminal of the connecting unit by a second solder, the thickness of the connecting unit is smaller than the thickness of the substrate, and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit; (directly infringing claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary request 32A) or when a terminal device is equipped with the system, the terminal device being a mobile phone, the substrate being magnetic, the connecting unit connecting the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, the connecting unit being disposed below the coil unit, the connecting unit extending radially beyond the coil unit, the connecting unit including a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, the first connecting terminal of the coil unit being disposed at a radially outermost portion of the coil unit and the second connecting terminal of the coil unit being disposed at a radially innermost portion of the coil unit, and the connecting unit including a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, the first connecting terminal of the connecting unit being disposed below the first connecting terminal of the coil unit and the second connecting terminal of the connecting unit being disposed below the second connecting terminal of the coil unit, the first connecting terminal of the connecting unit being disposed below the first connecting terminal of the coil unit and the second connecting terminal of the connecting unit being disposed below the second connecting terminal of the coil unit; and the connecting unit includes a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, the first connecting terminal of the connecting unit is disposed below the first connecting terminal of the coil unit and the second connecting terminal of the connecting unit is disposed below the second connecting terminal of the coil unit, wherein the first connecting terminal of the coil unit is connected to the first connecting terminal of the connecting unit by a first solder and the second connecting terminal of the coil unit is connected to the second connecting terminal of the connecting unit by a second solder, characterised in that the first connecting terminal of the coil unit is disposed below the first connecting terminal of the coil unit and the second connecting terminal of the coil unit is disposed below the second connecting terminal of the connecting unit.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 24 second connection terminal of the connection unit by a second solder, and the thickness of the connection unit is smaller than the thickness of the substrate; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended b y auxiliary claim 33) or when a terminal device is equipped with the system, the terminal device being a mobile phone, the substrate being magnetic, the connection unit connecting the coil unit to a wireless power receiving circuit, the connection unit being disposed below the coil unit, the connection unit extending radially beyond the coil unit, and the connection unit including a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, the first connection terminal of the coil unit being disposed at a radially outermost portion of the coil unit and the second connection terminal of the coil unit being disposed at a radially innermost portion of the coil unit and the connection unit includes a flexible circuit board or a tape substrate, the first connection terminal of the connection unit is disposed below the first connection terminal of the coil unit, and the second connection terminal of the connection unit is disposed below the second connection terminal of the coil unit, wherein the first connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the first connection terminal of the connection unit by a first solder and the second connection terminal of the coil unit is connected to the second connection terminal of the connection unit by a second solder, and the thickness of the connection unit is smaller than the thickness of the substrate and the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connection unit; (direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 642 632 B1 as amended by auxiliary request 33A) 2. to impose the following periodic penalty payments to be paid to the court in the event of infringement of the order under I. 1: a. a periodic penalty payment of EUR 1,200 for each sale of a product in the Federal Republic of Germany or in the Kingdom of the Netherlands; b. a penalty payment of EUR 1,200 for each import of a product into the Federal Republic of Germany or the Kingdom of the Netherlands; c. a penalty payment of EUR 5,000 per day of Internet advertising or per advertising brochure made available or handed out to customers in German in the Federal Republic of Germany or in Dutch or English in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. 3. to provide the plaintiff with complete information, by submitting a uniform, ordered list in computerised, electronic form, on the extent to which they (the defendants) have committed the acts referred to in point I. 1. since 28 March 2018, stating a. the origin and distribution channels of the infringing products b. the quantities produced, manufactured, delivered, received or ordered and the prices paid for the infringing products2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 25 c. the identity of all third parties involved in the production or distribution of infringing products d. the prime costs broken down by cost factors and the profit realised, whereby the corresponding purchase and/or order documents (namely invoices, alternatively delivery notes, most alternatively customs documents) must be submitted in electronic form as proof of the information, whereby details requiring confidentiality outside the data subject to disclosure may be blacked out; 4. to recall the infringing products referred to under I. 1. that have been placed on the market since 28 March 2018, informing the third parties from whom the infringing products are to be recalled that this court has decided that the products infringe EP 2 642 632 B1; 5. to surrender to a bailiff to be appointed by the plaintiff for the purpose of destruction at its - the defendant's - expense the products referred to in I. 1. above which are in its direct or indirect possession or ownership for the purpose of commercial exploitation; 6. to award the plaintiff provisional damages covering the anticipated costs of the damages proceedings on the plaintiff's side, whereby we leave the specific amount to the discretion of the court; II. declare that the defendants are jointly and severally liable to compensate the plaintiff for all damages suffered by the former patent proprietor, LG Innotek Co. 28 March 2018 and 21 January 2021, to Scramoge Technology Ltd. between 22 January 2021 and 4 April 2024 and to the plaintiff since 5 April 2024 as a result of the acts described under I. 1. above; III. order the defendants to pay the costs of the proceedings IV. declare the judgement directly enforceable in the event that security is ordered, to allow the plaintiff to provide such security in the form of a bank or savings bank guarantee and to set partial securities for each of the recognised claims and the basic decision on costs. In the alternative, the plaintiff requests that in the event that the court considers the number of auxiliary requests submitted to be unreasonable, that the plaintiff reduces the number of auxiliary requests of 7 November 2024 to an appropriate number of auxiliary requests to be determined by the court and identifies those auxiliary requests which the plaintiff wishes to pursue further. The defendants request, 1. dismiss the action (Rules 23, 24 (g) of the Rules of Procedure), or in the alternative (4.) order that the injunctions pursuant to the plaintiff's requests under No. I.1, No. I.2, No. I.4, No. I.5 and No. I.6 be granted only and exclusively with regard to acts involving the2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 26 Xiaomi 13 Pro and Xiaomi Poco F5 Pro 5G models are enforceable after the plaintiff has provided security in favour of the defendant in the amount of EUR 2,000,000.00, further in the alternative (5.) order that the orders pursuant to the plaintiff's requests under No. I.1, No. I.2, No. I.4, No. I.5 and No. I.6 are only enforceable after the plaintiff has provided security in favour of the defendant in the amount of EUR 12,091,141.50 2. order the plaintiff to pay the costs of the legal dispute, including the costs of the counterclaim for annulment. With the counterclaim for a declaration of invalidity, the defendants request that 3. declare the European patent EP 2 642 632 B1 invalid with effect for all Contracting States in which the patent has effect in respect of claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 18 (Rule 25 RP). The plaintiff filed a counterclaim, V. dismiss the counterclaim for revocation of the patent in suit; alternatively to maintain the patent in suit to a limited extent in accordance with the respective challenged patent claims of auxiliary requests 1/1A to 33/33A; VI. order the counterclaimants to pay the costs of the legal dispute in the revocation proceedings. The defendants request, 6. dismiss the requests to amend the patent The defendants repeat their request, to disregard all procedural steps, facts, evidence or arguments submitted by the plaintiff in its reply to the counterclaim for revocation of the patent and reply to the request for amendment of the patent of 10 March 2025 and which do not respond to the submission in the reply to the request for amendment of the patent, namely the Section 15 statements on the patentability of selected auxiliary requests. ESSENTIAL PROCEDURAL STEPS By order of 24 April 2024, the panel rejected the plaintiff's request to effect service on defendants 1) and 2) via their German branch, Xiaomi Technology Germany GmbH, Niederkasseler Lohweg 175, 40547 Düsseldorf (ORD 22417/2024). Since the defendants 1) and 2) have their registered office outside the territory of the contracting states of the UPCA and these companies2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 27 have neither their registered office, central administration or principal place of business nor their own permanent or temporary establishment in the Contracting States of the UPCA, service must be effected in accordance with Rules 273 and 274 of the Rules of Procedure. These provisions require at least a first attempt at service in accordance with Rule 274.1 (a) (ii) and (iii) of the Rules of Procedure. By order of 6 August 2024 (UPC CoA 205/2024, APL 24585/2024, GRUR-RS 2024, 28964), the Court of Appeal dismissed the plaintiff's appeal and confirmed the order of the local division, leaving the decision on costs of the appeal proceedings in this regard to the final decision. By order dated 30 December 2024 (App 62431/2024), the judge-rapporteur dismissed the defendant's motions to dismiss the motion for leave to amend/expand the complaint on summary judgment (Rule 334(h) of the Rules of Procedure) or, in the alternative, to dismiss the motion for leave to amend/expand the complaint on summary judgment (Rule 334(h) of the Rules of Procedure) to the extent that it includes divergent auxiliary motions. By order dated 28 April 2025, the Judge-Rapporteur dismissed the defendant's motion of 10 April 2025 to reject submissions in relation to the statements in paragraph 15 of the plaintiff's reply of 10 March 2025. In this respect, the rapporteur stated that the auxiliary requests were admissible and, in particular, had been submitted in due time and also substantiated. Whether these auxiliary requests fulfil the requirements of Rule 30.1 (b) of the Rules of Procedure and whether these auxiliary requests are relevant at all was reserved by the Judge-Rapporteur for the decision of the panel at the oral hearing. By order of 28 April 2025, the Board ordered that both the infringement action ACT 19746/2024 and the counterclaim for a declaration of invalidity CC 42059/2024 together with the request for amendment AR 6022272024 be heard together before the local division. REASONS FOR THE DECISION The admissible action is unfounded. The admissible action for annulment is only justified to the extent shown in the operative part. A. ADMISSIBILITY The action and the action for annulment are admissible. The jurisdiction of the local division seised is rightly not in dispute between the parties. The plaintiff is authorised to assert the disputed claims arising from the patent in suit (see A. I. below). There are no doubts as to the admissibility of the counterclaim (see A. II. below). I. ACTIVE LEGITIMACY The plaintiff can successfully invoke its registration as the proprietor of the patent in suit.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 28 1. In principle, the active legitimisation for the assertion of annex claims from European patents is based on the substantive entitlement. Nothing else applies on the basis of the UPCA. The Board must therefore assume a rebuttable presumption (LK Hamburg, 26 August 2024 - UPC CFI 54/2023, GRUR-RS 2024, 38164 para. 32 - Avago v. Tesla). Because according to Rule 8.5 VerfO applies: (a) [...] in respect of the proprietor of the European patent, the person who, under the law of the Member State for which the European patent has been granted, is entitled to be registered as proprietor of the patent, irrespective of whether that person is actually registered in the patent register of that Member State (hereinafter referred to as the "national patent register"); and (b)[..] (c) For the purposes of paragraph 5, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the person identified in the respective national patent register and in the European Patent Register maintained by the European Patent Office is entitled to be registered as proprietor and applicant respectively. The Board must therefore assume a rebuttable presumption (LK Hamburg, 26 August 2024 - UPC CFI 54/2023, GRUR-RS 2024, 38164 para. 34 - Avago vs. Tesla). The UPC Court of Appeal has already taken the same approach for patents with unitary effect and assumed that, due to their corresponding entry in the Register for Unitary Patent Protection, this person should be treated as the proprietor of the dispositive patent, Rule 8.4 RP. As such, he was entitled to request the ordering of corresponding measures, Art. 47(1) UPCA (UPC CoA 335/2023, order of 26 February 2024, p. 24). The provision therefore reverses the burden of presentation and proof with regard to the presumed fact. If the plaintiff can refer to its registration in the relevant registers for the respective legal dispute, it is up to the defendant to demonstrate and, if necessary, prove that the plaintiff lacks the authorisation for such registration (LK Düsseldorf, 30 April 2024, UPC CFI 463/2023 - 10x Genomics, Inc. v. Curio Bioscience Inc; LK Hamburg, GRUR-RS 2024, 38164 para. 34 - Avago v. Tesla). 2. In their statement of defence, the defendants have disputed the plaintiff's right to bring an action, in particular with regard to the two alleged transfer processes. They have denied with ignorance that the claims asserted for the past, i.e. the period from 28 March 2018 to 21 December 2020, have been effectively assigned by LG Innotek to the plaintiff. The same applies to the claims of Scramoge Technology Ltd. for the period between 22 January 2021 and 4 April 2024. The register has no indicative effect in this respect and the plaintiff has not made any substantiated submissions in this regard, in particular no assignment agreement has been submitted. However, the plaintiff then replied to its submission that the applicant, LG Innotek, had transferred the patent in suit together with all claims for the past to Scramoge Technology Ltd, Ireland, with effect from 22 January 2021 on the basis of a "Patent Purchase Agreement" concluded on 8 December 2020,2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 29 and submitted the contract in Annex PS 2 partially redacted. It argued that the transfer of rights resulted from clauses 1.8, 2.1, 2.2 and 5.2 of PPA 1. Scramoge Technology Ltd. was the legal predecessor of the plaintiff. Accordingly, LG Innotek transferred the patent in suit (also together with all claims for the past) to the plaintiff on the basis of a "Patent Purchase Agreement" concluded on 5 March 2024 with effect from 5 April 2024. Scramoge Technology Ltd. also transferred the patent-in-suit, together with all claims for the past, to the plaintiff on the basis of the "Patent Purchase Agreement" concluded on 5 March 2024. "Patent Purchase Agreement" (hereinafter referred to as "PPA 2") concluded on 5 March 2024 with effect from 5 April 2024 (see Annex PS 4). Here, too, t h e transfer of rights to the plaintiff results from clauses 1.8, 2.1, 2.2 and 5.2 of PPA 2, which are identical in wording to PPA 1. The plaintiff is therefore the sole and exclusively authorised owner of the patent in suit. The defendants have not contested this submission. Neither party has shown that there are any doubts as to the validity of the transfer of rights from the perspective of the US law applicable to the transfer. In the meantime, the plaintiff is the registered proprietor of the patent in suit in both the Dutch and German patent registers. There are therefore no indications in the present case that the presumption of ownership could be called into question. II. ADMISSIBILITY OF THE ACTION The action for infringement is admissible. The defendants have not objected to the jurisdiction of the court in accordance with R. 19 VerfO. Pursuant to R. 19.7 of the Rules of Procedure, this is to be regarded as recognition of the jurisdiction of the court and the chamber chosen by the plaintiff, namely the Hamburg Regional Court. The applications for injunctive relief are admissible, including the application to amend the action pursuant to R.263 VerfO. This is an amendment to the application for injunctive relief prompted by the defendants' submission and the counterclaim for annulment filed by them. III. ADMISSIBILITY OF THE COUNTERCLAIM There are no concerns regarding the admissibility of the counterclaim as such. In particular, the UPC also has international jurisdiction. Pursuant to Article 32 (1) (e) UPCA, the UPC has exclusive jurisdiction for counterclaims for revocation of (European) patents. As there is currently no opt- out (Art. 83 (3) UPCA) from the exclusive jurisdiction of the court in relation to the patent in dispute in force, the UPC - as the common court of the member states of the UPCA - has international jurisdiction for the present counterclaim pursuant to Art. 24 (4), 71a (2) (a), 71b (1) of Regulation (EU) No. 1215/2012. Insofar as the nullity counterclaim also extends to claim 18, which is not the subject of the action, the counterclaim is nevertheless admissible in the present opinion. Art. 32 (1) e) and 65 (1) UPCA allow the patent to be attacked in its entirety with a counterclaim, even if individual claims are not part of the infringement requests (LK Hamburg,2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 30 30.04.2025 - UPC CFI 278/2023, ACT 561734/2024; LK Paris, 04.07.2024 - UPC CFI 230/2023, ACT 546446/2023). IV. ADMISSIBILITY OF THE REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENT OF THE PATENT The plaintiff's requests for alternative amendment of the patent in suit pursuant to R. 30 VerfO are also admissible and, in particular, have been filed in due time and also substantiated. 1. The panel confirms the order of the judge-rapporteur of 28 April 2025 (ORD 17804/2025 in APP 17575/2025), by which the defendants' request in the written submission of 10 April 2025, according to which the plaintiff's submissions on the patentability of selected auxiliary requests, namely auxiliary requests 19/19A and 22/22A, were rejected as late. The request repeated by the defendants, to disregard all procedural steps, facts, evidence or arguments submitted by the plaintiff in its reply to the counterclaim for revocation of the patent and reply to the request for amendment of the patent of 10 March 2025 and which do not respond to the submission in the reply to the request for amendment of the patent, namely the Section 15 statements on the patentability of selected auxiliary requests, is therefore also rejected by the panel. There is good reason why the Rules of Procedure in Rule 32.3 of the Rules of Procedure recognise the possibility of further elaborating on one's own submissions already made, depending on the response of the opposing party, because the defence of the opposing party to the auxiliary requests submitted is also not entirely foreseeable when the alternative amendments are filed (see generally CoA, 18.09.2024 - UPC CoA 265/2024, APL 30169/2024, Ls. 2). The principle of procedural economy allows - and sometimes even requires - the parties to avoid repetition in this respect and to refer to considerations already made on other auxiliary requests that are to be combined, at least if and insofar as these, as here, have sufficient depth of content. As long as these requirements are met, these are not new auxiliary requests that would require approval by the court in accordance with Rule 30.2 of the Rules of Procedure (order of 28 April 2025 ORD 17804/2025 in APP 17575/2025). 2. The number of auxiliary requests is also not objectionable. According to Rule 30.1 (c) of the Rules of Procedure, conditional requests for amendment of the patent must be reasonable in number, taking into account the circumstances of the case. In order to decide whether the number of conditional requests is appropriate, the court must weigh up all the relevant circumstances of the case and the interests of the parties, such as the number of features or the number of citations prejudicial to novelty asserted in the nullity (counter)action (see CC Munich, order of 19 April 2025, UPC CFI 526/2024, ACT 51533/2024). In this respect, the sheer number of auxiliary requests for limited maintenance of the2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 31 patent - and therefore also the requests for injunctive relief - is quite high at two times 33. The manageable number of features of the patent in suit and the six citations, which are also still within the usual scope, do not necessarily suggest such a small-scale alternative defence of the patent in suit. However, it must be taken into account that auxiliary requests 14/14A to 33/33A are merely supplementary alternative patent claims, each of which combines features of auxiliary requests 1 to 13/13A (and have accordingly been made the subject of the action for an injunction). All auxiliary requests specify the "magnetic substrate" (cf. auxiliary request 1). All auxiliary requests labelled "A" additionally add feature 2.1HA1of auxiliary request 2 (shape of the receiving space corresponds to the shape of the connection unit). Auxiliary request 6 specifies the extension of the connection unit (radially beyond the coil unit), auxiliary request 7 specifies the position of the connection terminals in relation to the coil unit (at a radially outermost section). For their part, auxiliary requests 14-33 (A) are merely a combination of the features of auxiliary requests 1-13 (A). In essence, it is therefore only a matter of two to three substantive lines of demarcation, which are broken down into substantively corresponding auxiliary requests. By enclosing a tabular overview, the plaintiff has also made it easier for the opposing party and the court to categorise the individual auxiliary requests. Since the actual core of the auxiliary requests is small, the opposing party is not faced with unreasonable challenges with regard to its submission, so that the number of auxiliary requests in the present case is in any case still covered by Rule 30.1 (c) of the Rules of Procedure. B. THE PATENT IN SUIT I. BACKGROUND According to paragraph [0001], the teaching of the patent in suit relates to wireless charging and in particular to a receiving antenna for wireless charging and a wireless power receiving device with such a receiving antenna. Such a wireless power receiving device for mobile terminals (para. [0041]), the batteries of which are to be charged wirelessly, form the main field of application of the invention. According to the patent in suit, wireless charging is based on the principle of magnetic induction or magnetic resonance, whereby a transmitting antenna converts electrical energy into electromagnetic energy and emits it, while a receiving antenna receives the emitted electromagnetic energy and can in turn convert it into electrical energy (see para. [0003]). The process of induction according to the transformer principle, discovered in 1831 by the English physicist Michael Faraday, works as follows: A primary current flows through a field coil. This creates an electromagnetic field. If this passes through a second coil (known as an induction coil), the electromagnetic change caused there induces a secondary current. If the primary current is alternating current, the direction of the current in the field coil changes constantly and so does the resulting electromagnetic field. The constant change leads to the continuous induction of (alternating) current in the induction coil. Primary circuit and Secondary circuit have no direct connection.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 32 connection. The field coil and induction coil can be connected via an iron core, for example: Source: https://www.elektrotechnik-fachbuch.de/e grundlagen kap 07 2v2.html The iron ring causes the magnetic field lines induced via the field coil to be concentrated and channelled through the induction coil. Using wireless charging for mobile phones as an example, the arrangement generally looks like this: In the charging pad below, alternating current flows through an induction coil/transmission coil (1). This generates a (constantly changing) electromagnetic field (4). The device to be charged contains an induction coil/receiving coil (5). Ideally, this is positioned directly above the transmitting coil for the charging process. In this way, as many of the electromagnetic field lines generated by the transmitter coil as possible penetrate the receiver coil. These induce alternating electric current in the receiving coil, which can be converted into direct current in an electronic circuit and used to charge a battery (6) in the mobile phone.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 33 Source: https://www.belkin.com/products/product-resources/wireless-charging/how-it- works/ In order to bundle and efficiently control the electromagnetic field lines on the one hand and to prevent "irradiation" of the surroundings on the other, (soft) magnetic materials or layers can be used in the area of the coils to focus the emitted electromagnetic energy (shown in grey below): Source: https://www.tdk.com/en/tech-mag/sites/default/files/2019- 06/img knowledgebox vol3 4.gif The patent in suit points out in paragraph [0004] that wireless power receivers in terminal devices are usually quite thick and their manufacture is complicated. As prior art, the patent in suit mentions US 2008/0164840 A1, which shows a flat contactless power transmission coil connected to external terminals without overlapping electrical wires (para. [0005] of the patent in suit). Further, US 2005/0046573 A1 mentions a method for selectively removing metal from a metallised substrate to form devices that selectively expose the metallised surface to a chemical solution for demetallisation. II. TASK The patent in suit does not expressly define a problem of the invention. However, it can be seen from paragraphs [0001] to [0004] of the patent in suit that the aim is to reduce the thickness of a wireless energy receiver and to simplify its manufacture: [0001] The embodiment relates to a wireless power receiver and a method of manufacturing the same. In more particular, the embodiment relates to a wireless power receiver used for wireless power transmission or an antenna to reduce a thickness of the wireless power receiver and to simplify the manufacturing process thereof and a method of manufacturing the same. [0002] [..]. The electromagnetic induction refers to the generation of an electric current through induction of a voltage when a magnetic field is changed around a conductor. The electromagnetic induction scheme has been successfully commercialised for electronic appliances having small sizes, but represents a problem in that the transmission distance of power is too short2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 34 [0003] Besides the electromagnetic induction scheme, the long-distance transmission using the resonance and the short-wavelength radio frequency has been suggested as the wireless energy transfer scheme. [0004] However, in general, a wireless power receiver disposed in a terminal is thick and the manufacturing process thereof is complicated. According to paragraph [0001], the invention relates to a wireless power receiver and its manufacture, which is used for wireless power transmission, or an antenna to reduce the thickness of the wireless power receiver and simplify its manufacturing process. In paragraph [0002], the principle of wireless transmission of electric power and that of electromagnetic induction are explained. In the case of wireless charging, the voltage induced in the receiver coil is used in the next step to charge a battery. The recognised principle of electromagnetic induction for small electronic devices has proven to be problematic when it comes to longer transmission distances. According to paragraph [0004], a specific disadvantage of wireless power receivers known in the prior art, which are arranged in a terminal, is that they are thick and their manufacturing process is complicated. Consequently, the patent specification cites two disadvantages of the prior art which the patented teaching seeks to solve: firstly, the thickness of the wireless power receiver and, secondly, the complex manufacturing process. It can thus be regarded as a task of the patent in suit to provide a structure of a wireless power receiver that is as flat as possible, which can improve the efficiency of a wireless power receiver device, and to simplify the manufacture of such a power receiver. III. CHARACTERISTIC STRUCTURE To solve this problem, the patent-in-suit in claim 1 and dependent claims 2 to 6 proposes a system comprising a wireless power receiver (1000) and a connection unit (300), the wireless power receiver (1000) comprising a substrate and a coil unit, the substrate (100) having a receiving space formed therein for the connection unit (300), the connection unit (300) having a first connection terminal (310) of the connection unit (300) for connecting the first connection terminal (210) of the coil unit (200) and a second connection terminal (320) of the connection unit (300) for connecting the second connection terminal (320) of the connection unit (300) to the first connection terminal (310) of the coil unit (200). (300) has a first connecting terminal (310) of the connecting unit (300) for connecting to the first connecting terminal (210) of the coil unit (200) and a second connecting terminal (320) of the connecting unit (300) for connecting to the second connecting terminal (220) of the coil unit (200). In claim 1 of the patent in suit, a system comprising a power receiver and a connection unit is described. This and sub-claims 2 to 6 can be organised as follows: Claim 1 1 A system comprising a wireless power receiver (1000) and a connecting unit (300), A system comprising a wireless power receiver (1000) and a connecting unit (300), 2 the wireless power receiver (1000) comprising: wherein the wireless power receiver (1000) comprising:2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 35 2.1 a substrate (100) configured to change a direction of a magnetic field received from a transmission side; a substrate (100) configured to change a direction of a magnetic field received from a transmitting side; 2.2 a coil unit (200) including a coil unit (200), 2.2.1 a first connection terminal (210), including a first connection terminal (210), 2.2.2 a second connection terminal (220) which has a second connection terminal (220), 2.2.3 and a coil (230), and a coil (230), 2.2.3.1 wherein the coil (230) is configured to wirelessly receive power, wherein the coil (230) is configured to wirelessly receive power, 2.2.3.2 wherein the coil (230) is formed as a conductive pattern on or inside the substrate (100), and wherein the coil (230) is formed as a conductive pattern on or inside the substrate (100), and 2.2.3.3 wherein the first connection terminal (210) is located at one end of the coil (230) and the second connection terminal (220) is provided at the other end of the coil (230), wherein the the first connection terminal (210) is located at one end of the coil (230) and the second connection terminal (220) is provided at the other end of the coil (230), characterised in that characterised in that 3 the substrate (100) has a receiving space formed therein for the connecting unit (300), the substrate (100) has a receiving space formed therein for the connection unit (300), 4 wherein the connecting unit (300) includes wherein the connecting unit (300) includes 4.1 a first connection terminal (310) of the connecting unit (300) for connecting to the first connection terminal (210) of the coil unit (200) and a first connection terminal (310) of the connecting unit (300) for connecting to the first connection terminal (210) of the coil unit (200) and the first connection terminal (210) of the coil unit (200) and coil unit (200) and 4.2 a second connection terminal (320) of the connecting unit (300) for connecting to the second connection terminal (220) of the coil unit (200). a second connection terminal (320) of the connecting unit (300) for connecting to the second connection terminal (220) of the coil unit (200). coil unit (200).2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 36 Subclaim 2 U.2 The system according to claim 1, The system according to claim 1, U.2.1. wherein the substrate (100) is a flexible sheet. wherein the substrate (100) is a flexible sheet. Subclaim 3 U 3 The system according to claim 1 or 2, System according to claim 1 or 2, U.3.1 wherein the coil unit (200) is disposed directly on a top surface of the substrate (100). wherein the coil unit (200) is disposed directly on a top surface of the substrate (100). Subclaim 4 U.4 The system according to claim 1, The system according to claim 1, U.4.1 wherein the conductive pattern is formed directly on a surface of the substrate (100). wherein the conductive pattern is formed directly on a surface of the substrate (100). Subclaim 5 U.5 The system according to claim 1 or 2, The system according to claim 1 or 2, U.5.1 wherein the conductive pattern is a conductive layer. wherein the conductive pattern is a conductive layer. Subclaim 6 U.6 The system according to one of the preceding claims, The system according to one of the preceding claims, U.6.1 wherein the receiving space corresponds to a shape of the connecting unit (300). wherein the receiving space corresponds to a shape of the connecting unit (300). Furthermore - not the subject of the infringement action, but the invalidity counterclaim - is claim 18: 18 A terminal equipment therein terminal equipment 18.1 with a system according to one of the claims 1 to 13. which is equipped therein with a system according to any one of claims 1 to 13.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 37 IV. INTERPRETATION OF CLAIM 1 Claim 1 of the patent in suit requires interpretation with regard to some of its features, in particular the interpretation of feature group 2.2 ("connecting terminals"), feature 2.2.3.2 ("conductive pattern") and feature 3 ("receiving space"), which is disputed between the parties. 1. PRINCIPLES OF PATENT INTERPRETATION According to the case law of the UPC Court of Appeal, the following principles must be applied in accordance with Art. 69 of the Convention on the Grant of European Patents (EPC) and the Protocol on its Interpretation (Protocol on Interpretation) (UPC CoA 335/2023, order of 26 February 2024, p. 26/27): The patent claim is not only the starting point, but the decisive basis for determining the scope of protection of a European patent. The interpretation of a patent claim does not depend solely on its exact wording in the linguistic sense (cf. also the English and French language versions of the interpretation protocol: "the strict, literal meaning of the wording used in the claims", "sens étroitet littéral du texte des revendications"). Rather, the description and the drawings must always be used as explanatory aids for the interpretation of the patent claim and not only to resolve any ambiguities in the patent claim. However, this does not mean that the patent claim merely serves as a guideline and that its subject matter also extends to that which, after examination of the description and the drawings, appears to be the patent proprietor's request for protection. The patent claim must be interpreted from the perspective of a person skilled in the art. When applying these principles, appropriate protection for the patent proprietor should be combined with sufficient legal certainty for third parties. These principles for the interpretation of a patent claim apply equally to the assessment of infringement and the legal validity of a European patent. This follows from the function of the patent claims which, under the European Patent Convention, serve to define the scope of protection of the patent under Art. 69 EPC and thus the rights of the patent proprietor in the designated Contracting States under Art. 64 EPC, taking into account the conditions for patentability under Art. 52 to 57 EPC (see EPO GBK, 11 December 1989, G 2/88, OJ 1990, 93 para. 2.5). 2. PERSON SKILLED IN THE ART The person skilled in the art has a university degree in electrical engineering or physics. He has several years of practical experience in the field of wireless power transmission and is familiar in particular with the principle of induction and2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 38 the configuration, dimensioning and manufacture of requiredof the required power receivers. 3. FEATURE 1 A system comprising a wireless power receiver (1000) and a connecting unit (300) system, which a wireless power receiver (1000) and a connection unit (300) Energy can be received wirelessly on a power receiver according to the invention, i.e. without a physical connection to the transmitter side. An example of this mentioned in the patent in suit is magnetic induction. According to paragraph [0004] of the patent in suit, a power receiver can be arranged in a terminal device. Figure 2 shows a top view of an embodiment of such a power receiver (1000) (see also paragraph [0010]): 4. FEATURES 2 AND 2.1 [the wireless power receiver (1000) comprising] a substrate (100) configured to change a direction of a magnetic field received from a transmission side; [wherein the wireless power receiver (1000) comprising] a substrate (100) configured to change a direction of a magnetic field received from a transmission side According to this feature, the power receiver comprises a substrate capable of changing a direction of a magnetic field received from a transmission side (para [0017] of the patent-in-suit).2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 39 a) The skilled person is aware that, in principle, all electrically or magnetically conductive materials have the effect of changing the direction of a magnetic field. In para [0014] it is disclosed as an option that the energy receiver may comprise a magnetic substrate: [0014] Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, the wireless power receiver 1000 may include a magnetic substrate 100, a coil unit 200 and a connecting unit 300. Thus, according to the wording of the claim in the context of this description, it may be a magnetic substrate, but need not be, insofar as the ability to change a direction of the received magnetic field can also be ensured by the substrate in other ways. Based on such a broad understanding, there is an inadmissible intermediate generalisation (cf. below under C. I. 3.), with the consequence that the claim is to be limited to a magnetic substrate, i.e. to a substrate which necessarily contains magnetic material. b) In paragraphs [0017 and 0018] such a magnetic substrate is disclosed: [0017] The magnetic substrate 100 may change the direction of the magnetic field received from the transmission side. [0018] The magnetic substrate 100 can reduce the amount of the magnetic field to be leaked to the outside by changing the direction of the magnetic field received from the transmission side. The same applies to the explanations in paragraph [0029], according to which the coil unit can be applied directly to the magnetic substrate as a carrier. With regard to the composition, it can be seen from the description that the magnetic material contains particles or ceramics. The remainder ("support") consists of a resin ("resin") (para. [0021] - [0023], [0134]). The substrate can also consist of metal powder and a Sendust alloy (mixture for manufacturing coils) ([0138]). In all figures, the substrate 100 is shown as comprising magnetic (spherical) particles 110 and a support structure 120: (Fig. 17 of the patent in suit) 5) FEATURE GROUP 2.2 AND FEATURE 2.3 [the wireless power receiver (1000) comprising] a coil unit (200) including a first connection terminal (210), a second connection terminal (220) and a coil (230)2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 40 [wherein the wireless power receiver (1000) comprising] a coil unit (200) including a first connection terminal (210), a second connection terminal (220) and a coil (230) The group of features discloses a coil unit with connection terminals. According to the knowledge of a person skilled in the art of electrical engineering, a coil is a winding material - designed as an independent electrical component or as part of a device such as a transformer or loudspeaker - which is suitable for generating or detecting a magnetic field. In addition to a coil (230), the claimed coil element (200; marked yellow below) also contains two connection terminals, namely a so-called first connection terminal (210; in the embodiment example at the bottom of the outer coil end) and a so-called second connection terminal (220; at the bottom of the inner coil end). In the patent in suit, a possible embodiment is shown in Figures 11 to 14. (Fig. 11 of the patent in suit with colouring according to the defendant) In particular, the disclosed connection terminals of the coil unit (orig: "connection terminal") require interpretation. a) FThe connection terminals according to the patent are intended to facilitate the connection between the connection unit and the coil unit. They thus serve to fulfil the task of the patent in suit of facilitating the manufacture of the system by facilitating the connection with a wireless energy receiver, cf. para. [0001] of the patent in suit. The connection terminals 210, 220 of the coil unit are described in paragraph [0039] of the patent-in-suit as being able to be connected by solder connections and having a through hole: [0039] According to one embodiment, the connection between the coil unit 200 and the connecting unit 300 may be achieved by a solder. In detail, the first connection terminal 210 of the coil unit 200 may be connected to the first connection terminal 310 of the connecting unit 300 through a first solder 10 and the second connection terminal 220 of the coil unit 200 may be connected to the second connection terminal 320 of the connecting unit 300 through a second solder 20. In more detail, the first connection terminal 210 of the coil unit 200 may be connected to the first connection terminal 310 of the connecting unit 300 through a second solder 20.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 41 terminal 310 of the connecting unit 300 through a via hole of the first solder 10 and the second connection terminal 220 of the coil unit 200 may be connected to the second connection terminal 320 of the connecting unit 300 through a via hole of the second solder 20. In German: [0039] According to one embodiment, the connection between the coil unit 200 and the connecting unit 300 may be made through a solder. Specifically, the first connection unit 210 of the coil unit 200 may be connected to the first connection terminal 310 of the connection unit 300 by a first solder connection 10 and the second connection unit 220 of the coil unit 200 may be connected to the second connection terminal 320 of the connection unit 300 by a second solder connection 20. More specifically, the first connection terminal 210 of the coil unit 200 may be connected to the first connection terminal 310 of the connection unit 300 through a through hole of the first solder joint 10, and the second connection terminal 220 of the coil unit 200 may be connected to the second connection terminal 320 of the connection unit 300 through a through hole of the second solder joint 20. b) The skilled person understands from the above description together with the figures that the object to be soldered must have a spatially and physically designed component suitable for soldering, as ultimately also recognised by the parties to the dispute. The skilled person can recognise from Figures 11 to 15 that the connection terminals 210, 220 - in the interest of solderability - are not limited to a simple wire end in order to ensure a connection to the coil, but must be designed as recognisable spatial-physical elements. The connection itself by solder is then the (typical) way of connecting electrical connections. It follows that a simple external connection terminal would not constitute a patented connection unit. 6. FEATURE GROUP 2.2.3. 2.2.3.1 wherein the coil (230) is configured to wirelessly receive power, wherein the 2.2.3.2 coil (230) is formed as a conductive pattern on or inside the substrate (100), and 2.2.3.3 wherein the first connection terminal (210) is located at one end of the coil (230) and the second connection terminal (230) and the second connection terminal (220) is provided at the other end of the coil (230) 2.2.3.1 wherein the coil (230) is configured to receive power wirelessly,2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 42 2.2.3.2 wherein the coil (230) is formed as a conductive pattern on or within the substrate (100), and 2.2.3.3 wherein the first connection terminal (210) is located at one end of the coil (230) and the second connection terminal (220) is provided at the other end of the coil (230) The coil capable of wirelessly receiving energy is to be formed as a "conductive pattern" on the substrate (100) or within the substrate (100). The ability of a coil (230) to receive power without contact is a fundamental property of any coil. Apart from this, the skilled person already reads from the indications "wireless power receiver" and "coil" that the coil is used for contactless power or energy transmission. Therefore, the skilled person does not attach any particular importance to the indication "configured", except for the fact that both the substrate and the coil do not require any further precautions in order to be used. (see BPatG, judgement of 09.05.2023 - Ref. 4 Ni 47/22, Annex FBD-T 1, p. 13). However, the term "conductive pattern" or, in the diction of the defendant, "conductive pattern" requires interpretation. a) The wording of claim 1 does not specify how the "conductive pattern" must be formed. It only requires that the coil is "formed as a conductive pattern on or within the substrate". The coil must therefore be conductive, i.e. able to conduct energy. This applies without further ado to a planar conductor made of coiled wire as well as to a conductor pattern created by process technology. Contrary to the defendant's view, it does not matter whether the term "conductive pattern" has been translated technically correctly for the German and French versions of the claim. This is because the patent in suit makes it clear at various points what i s meant by a conductive pattern. On the one hand, it describes the term "conductive pattern" in para. [0012] according to its manufacturing process: [0012] Hereinafter, "conductive pattern" refers to a structure formed by a patterning process including the shape of a conductive layer or to a structure formed by methods including patterning, etching, deposing, selective plating, ion implantation and the like. In German: [0012] Hereinafter, "conductive pattern" refers to a structure formed by a patterning process including the shape of a conductive layer or to a structure formed by methods including patterning, etching, depositing, selective plating, ion implantation and the like. This could indicate a formation by way of structuring by process technology, as advocated by the defendant with reference to the dictionary in Annex FBD-T 5.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 43 This is contradicted by the fact that para. [0028] in relation to the coil also describes its formation by means of "winding a conductive line" in relation to the coil: [0028] The coil 230 may be formed as a conductive pattern which is obtained by winding a conductive line several times. According to one embodiment, when viewed from the top, the coil pattern may have a spiral shape. However, the embodiment is not limited thereto, and various patterns may be formed. [0029] The coil unit 200 can be directly disposed on the top surface of the magnetic substrate 100. According to one embodiment, an adhesive layer (not shown) may be disposed between the coil unit 200 and the magnetic substrate 100. In German: [0028] The coil 230 may be formed as a conductive pattern obtained by winding a conductive line multiple times. According to one embodiment, the coil pattern may have a spiral shape when viewed from above. However, the embodiment is not limited to this, and various patterns may be formed. [0029] The coil unit 200 may be disposed directly on the top surface of the magnetic substrate 100. According to one embodiment, an adhesive layer (not shown) may be disposed between the coil unit 200 and the magnetic substrate 100. This broad definition does not correspond to the manufacturing processes mentioned in para [0012] and shows the skilled person that precisely no limitation is to be made with respect to the pattern, especially since the manufacturing process itself is not part of the claim wording. Rather, the patent in suit claims a flat 2-D coil, the manufacture of which is left to the discretion of the person skilled in the art. It is therefore recognisable to the person skilled in the art that the coil according to the claim can be formed both as a classically wound wire (cf. para. [0028]) and, according to para. [0012], as a structure formed by a pattern formation process. These are forms of manufacture notoriously known to the person skilled in the art, which also require no explanation. b) Functional considerations also do not require a narrow interpretation of the feature. It is true that the purpose of the patent in suit is to provide the flattest possible structure of a wireless power receiver as flat as possible, which the efficiency of a wireless power receiver device and to simplify the manufacture of such a power receiver. However, this says nothing about the manufacturing process of the coil itself. Ultimately, the patent in suit is concerned with keeping the power receiver flat overall ("overall thickness", see paragraphs [0045], [0047], [0062], [0087], [0095], [0130], [0147] of the patent in suit), which can also be realised if the coil consists of a wound wire, since space can also be saved by directly applying (gluing) the coil to the substrate. Insofar as it is therefore pointed out in paragraph [0047] of the patent in suit that the thickness of the wireless power receiver2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 44 power receiver 1000 can be reduced by producing the coil unit 200 in the form of a conductor, a conductive pattern or a thin layer, this is only an embodiment example which does not limit the claim itself. Nor can the independent method claim in claim 14, which relates to a process-technical manufacturing method, namely by etching the conductive layer, be used for a limited interpretation of the product claim in claim 1. The manufacturing method claimed by this independent claim is only one of the methods mentioned in the description. 7. FEATURE 3 the substrate (100) has a receiving space formed therein for the connecting unit (300) the substrate (100) has a receiving space formed therein for the connecting unit (300) The decisive factor for the teaching of the patent in suit is that a receiving space is formed in the substrate for the connecting unit. Here, the spatial formation of the receiving space requires interpretation. a) The connection unit, which establishes a connection with the two ends of the conductor pattern, is arranged in a receiving space provided for this purpose in a magnetic substrate of the power receiver. This receiving space is created by recessing the magnetic substrate in the layer structure of the power receiver at the points where the connection unit is to be arranged later. The receiving space 130 is described in the description from paragraph [0082] to paragraph [0095] and Figs. 11, 12 and 13. Paragraph [0082], for example, states: [0082] [...] However, referring to FIG. 11, the receiving space 130 having the structure the same as that of the connecting unit 300 is formed in the magnetic substrate 100, so that the connecting unit 300 may be disposed under the coil unit 200. In German:[0082] [...] With reference to Fig. 11, however, the receiving space 130 having the same structure as that of the connecting unit 300 is formed in the magnetic substrate 100, so that the connecting unit 300 may be disposed under the coil unit 200. To ensure accommodation of the separate connection unit, a recess is required in the substrate to form the receiving space so that the connection unit can be arranged therein. It is true that claim 1 as granted does not mention the exact fit, which constitutes an inadmissible extension (cf. below under C. I. 4.). In fact, the claim is limited to the fact that the outer contour of the connecting unit cannot be larger than the inner contour of the receiving space. The size of the inner contour of the receiving space of the substrate (100) is therefore selected ("predetermined") in such a way that it at least substantially corresponds to the outer contour of the connecting unit (300) (cf.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 45 (see BPatG, judgement of 9 May 2023 - Ref. 4 Ni 47/22, under point 4.3, Annex FBD-T1). This is shown by way of example in Figures 2 and 11, according to which the outer contours of the connecting unit (300) essentially correspond to those of the receiving space (130), whereby the connecting unit can also project beyond the receiving space formed in the substrate. b) Furthermore, it is recognisable to the skilled person that the receiving space is designed in such a way that the connection unit, when inserted, does not rest on the substrate (feature 2.1) as a further layer. The formation of the receiving space in the substrate therefore requires complete removal or recessing of the magnetic substrate. Thus, Figure 11 together with Figure 13 show that the substrate 100 has a complete recess for the connection unit 300 (colour highlighting by the defendants): Fig. 11 Fig. 13 This corresponds to the fact that the description further teaches that the overall thickness of the power receiver can be reduced to the thickness of the connection unit, as paragraph [0087] of the patent in suit shows: [0087] If the thickness of the connecting unit 300 is equal to or smaller than the thickness of the magnetic substrate 100, different from the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the overall thickness of the wireless power receiver 1000 can be reduced as much as the thickness of the connecting unit 300. In addition, since the usage of the magnet 110 and the support 120 can be reduced due to the receiving space 130, it is advantageous in terms of cost effectiveness. In German: [0087] When the thickness of the connecting unit 300 is equal to or less than the thickness of the magnetic substrate 100, other than in the embodiment shown in Fig. 3, the overall thickness of the wireless power receiver 1000 can be reduced by the thickness of the connecting unit 300. Furthermore, since fewer magnets 110 and brackets 120 need to be used due to the receiving space 130, there is an advantage in terms of cost efficiency.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 46 The skilled person will thus realise that limiting the total thickness of the power receiver to the thickness of the connection unit means that there is no longer any substrate under the connection unit, since otherwise the thickness of the power carrier would increase the thickness of the connection unit by the thinned substrate layer. The embodiment example in paragraph [0163] relating to Figure 26 also teaches the receiving space 130 in the same way. It therefore follows from the figures and the associated patent description that the receiving space must completely penetrate the magnetic substrate and that a mere depression in the substrate cannot form a receiving space according to the claim. Accordingly, the substrate must be completely removed in the area of the connection unit. c) Contrary to the plaintiff's view, it is not irrelevant whether the receiving room is limited to one of its sides or not, i.e. whether it has a "floor" or a "ceiling". Neither the wording nor the description and figures suggest such an embodiment. Nor does the patent in suit offer any indication that the receiving space could alternatively be formed by a recess in the substrate. It is true that the aim of reducing the thickness of the structure could also be achieved by reducing the thickness of the substrate. However, the patent in suit does not show anywhere that and why - contrary to the solution disclosed in para. [0087] - it would be advantageous or even expedient for there to be a layer of magnetic substrate below the receiving space and the connecting unit. At this point, the patent in suit does not deal with effects on the possible field strength which is influenced by the magnetic substrate. Rather, the core of the invention is the formation of the receiving space in the substrate in order to be able to limit the thickness of the power receiver to the thickness of the connection unit. This also corresponds to the aim of saving material. The complete recess also serves the objective of simplified manufacture and the disclosed manufacture of the connections by soldering. Even to the extent that the plaintiff has pointed out that if the coil is formed in the substrate, the coil would otherwise also be cut through when creating the connection space, this does not correspond to the solution of the patent in suit. The plaintiff also rightly assumes that there would never be a substrate between the coil and the connection unit, since the receiving space for the connection unit is always provided below the coil. 8. FEATURE 4 wherein the connecting unit (300) (1) includes a first connection terminal (310) of the connecting unit (300) for connecting to the first connection terminal (210) of the coil unit (200) and (2) a second connection terminal (320) of the connecting unit (300) for connecting to the second connection terminal (220) of the coil unit (200) wherein the connecting unit (300)2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 47 (1) a first connection terminal (310) of the connecting unit (300) for connecting to the first connection terminal (210) of the coil unit (200) and (2) a second connection terminal (320) of the connection unit (300) for connecting to the second connection terminal (220) of the coil unit (200) According to the claim wording, the connection unit comprises two connection terminals for connecting to the respective connection terminals of the coil unit. Taking into account its function, it is to be designed such that the connection terminals are structurally connected to each other by the arrangement provided by the connection unit in a "unit", in such a way that the connection unit as a whole can fit into the receiving space formed for the connection unit ("the substrate (100) has a receiving space formed therein for the connecting unit (300)"). In contrast, a group of unconnected components does not constitute a "unit". The "connection terminal 310, 320 of the connecting unit" is to be formed - like the connection terminal 210, 220 of the coil - and is thus complementary in order to establish an electrical connection. In the embodiment example according to Figure 11, for example, it can be seen how the two connection terminals (310 [red], 320 [purple]) of the connection unit (300) fit onto the corresponding connection terminals (210 [red], 220 [purple]) of the coil unit (200) when the connection unit is inserted into the recess in the substrate 130 (detail from Fig. 11, colouring added by the plaintiff): Where exactly on or in the connection unit (300) the connection ports (310, 320) are located and what the connection thus made possible looks like in concrete terms is not specified in the claim, either by the wording or by its description in the patent in suit. Nor does the complementary design mean that the two connection ports must necessarily have an identical design. V. INTERPRETATION OF THE SUB-CLAIMS The interpretation of the dependent sub-claims is rightly not in dispute for the most part.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 48 1. SUBCLAIM 2 The system according to claim 1, wherein the substrate (100) is a flexible sheet. The system according to claim 1, wherein the substrate (100) is a flexible sheet. With the dependent subclaim 2, the magnetic substrate according to claim 1 is disclosed as a flexible sheet. "Flexible" in this context means pliable or elastic. This is because the patent in suit explains in para. [0024, 0108, 0174] that the substrate can be designed in a flat shape like a film, sheet or plate ("sheet") and can be provided with flexible properties ("flexible property"). Paragraph [0183] of the patent in suit further refers to flexible printed circuit boards (FPCB) by way of example. 2. SUBCLAIM 3 The system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the coil unit (200) is disposed directly on a top surface of the substrate (100). The system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the coil unit (200) is disposed directly on a top surface of the substrate (100). With the dependent sub-claim 3, the coil unit according to claim 1 or 2 is "directly" disposed on a top surface of the substrate (100). This means that there is no other layer between these two elements, as described for example in paragraphs [0029] and [0045]. This is further shown by way of example in Figure 3. 3. SUBCLAIM 4 The system according to claim 1, wherein the conductive pattern is formed directly on a surface of the substrate (100). The system according to claim 1, wherein the conductive pattern is formed directly on a surface of the substrate (100). The dependent subclaim 4 also claims the direct application of the conductive pattern according to claim 1 on a surface of the substrate (100). This also requires that there is no other layer between these two components. According to the description in paragraph [0055], this is to be achieved, for example, by laminating the conductor from which the conductive pattern is formed directly onto the substrate. 4. SUBCLAIM 5 The system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the conductive pattern is a conductive layer. The system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the conductive pattern is a conductive layer.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 49 According to the dependent sub-claim 5, the conductive pattern according to claim 1 or 2 is in the form of a conductive layer. This is the case when it is located within a stacked arrangement in a plane as shown in Figures 1 and 14 (see para [0025] in relation to Fig. 1, para [0109] in relation to Fig. 14). As follows from the patent description and from the context of the manufacturing process of a conductive pattern described in paragraphs [0052] to [0062], the "conductive layer" in this respect relates to the use of a metal foil. Thus, paragraphs [0056] to [0058] describe how a conductor pattern is constructed from the conductor 201 consisting of a metal foil by means of an etching process. 5. SUBCLAIM 6 The system according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the receiving space corresponds to a shape of the connecting unit (300). The system according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the receiving space corresponds to a shape of the connecting unit (300). Going beyond claim 1 of the patent in suit, dependent sub-claim 6 requires that "the receiving space corresponds to a shape of the connecting unit." Subclaim 6 thus concretises an embodiment of main claim 1 (cf. para. [0182]): The interaction between the receiving space and the connecting unit is to be improved in such a way that the connecting unit "fits" into the shape of the receiving space. This means that the receiving space of the substrate must extend over the entire surface of the connecting unit, with the result that its contour corresponds to the contour of the connecting unit. C. LEGAL POSITION In their counterclaim for a declaration of invalidity, the defendants invoke the ground for invalidity under Article 65(2) EPC in conjunction with Article 138(1) EPC, namely that the patent in suit has been inadmissibly amended (Article 138(1)(c) EPC). I. INADMISSIBLE EXTENSION The defendants have successfully argued that the subject-matter of the patent in suit extends in part beyond the content of the original application (Annex FBD-T 14), contrary to Article 123(2) EPC. Feature 2.1 cannot be inferred from the original application documents, so that auxiliary requests 1 and 2 are relevant in this respect. On the other hand, feature 1 of the patent in suit can be found in the original application documents. 1. PRINCIPLES According to Art. 123(3) EPC, the European patent application and the European patent may not be amended in such a way that their subject-matter extends beyond the content of the application as originally filed. According to the case law of the CoA, an addition exists if the granted claim comprises subject-matter which goes beyond the content of the application as filed. In order to determine whether an2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 50 addition, the court must therefore first determine what the skilled person, using his common general knowledge and considered objectively at the time of filing, would directly and unambiguously infer from the entire application as filed, whereby implicitly disclosed subject matter, i.e. subject matter which follows clearly and unambiguously from that which is expressly stated, is also to be regarded as part of the content. The court states that the assessment of the addition cannot be limited to those parts of the original application which the patent proprietor indicated in the examination proceedings before the EPO as the basis for an amended claim, since a correct understanding of these parts also requires an assessment of their content in the context of the disclosure of the application as a whole (CoA, order of 14 February 2025 - UPC CoA 382/2024, GRUR-RS 2025, 2305 para. 52, 53 - Abbott/Sibionics). 2. FEATURE 1 The granted version of feature 1 of claim 1 does not constitute an inadmissible amendment. Feature 1 provides for a system comprising both a wireless power receiver and a connection unit: A system comprising a wireless power receiver (1000) and a connecting unit (300) The Defendants wrongly argue that the description as originally filed merely states that the wireless power receiver and the connecting unit are included in a system on an equal footing, i.e. not in a relationship of superiority or subordination. Instead, paragraph [0114] of the description as originally filed describes: "Referring to FIG. 11, the wireless power receiver 1000 includes a magnetic substrate 100, a coil unit 200 and a connecting unit 300." However, the integration of the two device components was already disclosed in claim 6 as filed: In both formulations it is clear that the connecting unit is integrated into the power receiver. The same features are combined in the same way, so that there is no inadmissible amendment compared to the original application. 3. FEATURE 2.1 However, the granted version of claim 1, which only contains the term "substrate", constitutes an inadmissible amendment in the sense of an intermediate generalisation because the term "magnetic" has been dropped from the wording of the claim: [the wireless power receiver (1000) comprising] a substrate (100) configured to change a direction of a magnetic field received from a transmission side;2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 51 [wherein the wireless power receiver (1000) comprising] a substrate (100) configured to change a direction of a magnetic field received from a transmission side Without consulting the prosecution file, the Local Board may find that the wording of originally filed claim 1 was clearly limited to a magnetic substrate: It is true that not every deviation between the wording of the original application documents and the requested version of the patent to be granted or granted constitutes a prohibited amendment under Article 123(2) EPC. This is because the purpose of Art. 123 EPC is not to preserve the wording of the original application documents, but the technical teachings contained therein (see EPO 20 September 2007 - T 1269/06, BeckRS 2007, 30 688 833, para. 2). Therefore, all changes that leave the information content of the original application documents untouched are unobjectionable. Standardisation of the terms used or the replacement of cumbersome but unambiguous expressions by equivalent, more easily understandable expressions therefore do not infringe Article 123(2) EPC. The requested version does not have to have a literal basis in the original application documents or be within the scope of customary technical expressions; it is sufficient if its technical teaching was originally disclosed (Benkard EPC/Sendrowski, 4th ed. 2023, EPC Art. 123 para. 140, 141). An impermissible extension is also to be ruled out in view of the functional extension described above under B. IV. 4. above, since the version applied for is narrower than the version granted. The mere doubt in view of the fact that the skilled person knows that in principle all electrically or magnetically conductive materials are capable of changing the magnetic field justifies the existence of an inadmissible intermediate generalisation, because by omitting the feature "magnetic" from the wording of the claim, an object is claimed which is more general than the feature complex from which the feature was removed (cf. Benkard EPC/Sendrowski, 4th ed. 2023, EPC Art. 123 para. 173). 4. FEATURE 3 The granted version of claim 1 also contains an inadmissible amendment in the sense of an intermediate generalisation with regard to feature 3. In its granted version, the claimed feature is broader than in the claimed version in that it merely requires that a receiving space for the connection unit is formed in the substrate, without the limitation to a complete recess for the connection unit: the substrate (100) has a receiving space formed therein for the connecting unit (300)2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 52 the substrate (100) has a receiving space formed therein for the connecting unit (300) Without referring to the prosecution file, the Local Board can find that claim 1 as granted goes beyond claim 5 as originally filed in this regard, since the latter describes a receiving space in the magnetic substrate having a predetermined shape formed therein corresponding to a shape of a connecting unit: "The wireless power receiver according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the magnetic substrate has a receiving space of a predetermined shape formed therein corresponding to a shape of a connecting unit connected to a wireless power receiving circuit." (FBD-T 14, claim 5) In German translation: The wireless power receiver according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the magnetic substrate has a receiving space of a predetermined shape formed therein corresponding to a shape of a connecting unit connected to a wireless power receiving circuit. The claims as filed originally disclosed that the receiving space has a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit. This limitation is missing in the granted version of claim 1. This is also shown by the plaintiff's submission on granted feature 3, according to which, according to their reading of claim 1, it is not necessary for the receiving space to have the exact shape of the connecting unit, since the shape, position and size of the receiving space (130) are not specified in the claim itself. However, an arbitrarily dimensioned receiving space is not originally disclosed, so that its claiming in feature 3 constitutes an inadmissible amendment. Contrary to the applicant's view, a "corresponding shape" of the receiving space in claim 1 is by no means implicitly defined by the wording "a receiving space for the connecting unit". The arrangement of the connection unit is a central aspect of the patent in suit. Moreover, without this being relevant, it can also be seen from the grant files that the description as originally filed did not indicate that the receiving space could be of any shape as described in paragraph [0116] of the description as originally filed:2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 53 5. INTERIM RESULT The patent in suit is to be maintained in the version of auxiliary requests 1 and 2 with restrictions. a) If the subject-matter of the patent contains an inadmissible extension, the patent cannot be maintained in the extended version according to the established case law of the EPO Boards of Appeal. If the extension is limited to an inadmissible generalisation due to the deletion or omission of features, a version of the patent in which the missing features are included can be pursued by way of an auxiliary request (Tilmann/Plassmann/Fähndrich/Klicznik/M. Tilmann, 1st ed. 2024, UPCA Art. 65 para. 248). If this is not possible because the patent proprietor does not submit a corresponding request with admissible documents at least in the alternative, the patent must be revoked or destroyed in full in opposition or revocation proceedings (ex tunc) (see BeckOK PatR/Stortnik, 35th ed. 15 October 2024, PatG Section 38 para. 159). b) The plaintiff has taken this into account with the admissible auxiliary requests 1 and 2. Auxiliary request 1 removes the inadmissible extension with regard to feature 2.1. by adding the following feature: 2.1 HA1a magnetic substrate (100) configured to change a direction of a magnetic field received from a transmission side; Auxiliary request 2 removes the inadmissible extension with respect to feature 3 b y adding the following feature: 3.HA2characterised in that the substrate (100) has a receiving space formed therein for the connecting unit (300) and is of a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit (300); II. NOVELTY OF CLAIM 1 The patent in suit also proves to be novel and inventive, so that the nullity counterclaim remains unsuccessful. 1. CONTRADICTIONS OF THE DEFENDANT With regard to patentability, the defendants rely on the following prior art, which was published before 23 March 2012 (priority claimed). As a result, claim 1 and also claims 2 to 6 and 18 are said to be unpatentable: (1) US 2011 / 050 382 A1 dated 3 March 2011, Exhibit FBD-T 17/Baarman (2) WO 2011 / 001 812 A1 dated 6 January 2011, Annex FBD-T 18a/Masato (3) WO 2011 / 024 621 A1 dated 3 March 2011, Annex FBD-19a/Nomura2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 54 (4) JP 2011 210 937 A dated 20 October 2011, Annex FBD-T 20a/Goma (5) EP 1 814 191 A2 dated 1 August 2007, Annex FBD-T 21/Nakamura (6) EP 1 065 627 A2 dated 3 January 2001, Annex FBD-T 22/Higuchi 2. PUBLICATION D1 / BAARMAN (US 2011 / 050 382 A1; FBD-T 17) The defendants unsuccessfully criticise the lack of novelty of the patent in suit in relation to the publication D1 Baarman. In any event, D1 does not disclose feature 3 in the version of auxiliary request 2. a) For an invention to be considered prior art (Art. 54(1) EPC), it must be clearly, directly and unambiguously found in a single prior art and in its existing form. It must be identical in its essential features, in the same form, with the same arrangement and the same features (LK Munich, 31 July 2024 - UPC CFI 233/2023, ACT 547520/2023, p. 21). For novelty to be lacking, each feature of the claimed subject-matter must be directly and unambiguously derivable from a single prior art document. This question must be answered from the perspective of the notional skilled person, taking into account his general knowledge at the time of publication of the cited document, if it is prior art under Art. 54(2) EPC (LD Düsseldorf, 28 January 2025 - UPC CFI 335/2023, ACT 578607/2023, p. 46; LD Hamburg, 30 April 2025 - UPC CFI 278/2023, ACT 561734/2024, p. 26 under C. I. 1.). For the assessment of novelty, it is not relevant which problem is solved by a prior art document as long as the problem is not a feature of the claim or is interpreted as such. What is relevant is a feature-for-feature comparison of a claim with the content of a prior art document which shows that all features are disclosed in combination by this prior art document. The decisive factor is whether a prior art document discloses a composition which contains all the elements required for coverage by the claim. For example, if such a composition is described in individualised form in an example of a prior art document, this is sufficient to deny novelty (LD Düsseldorf, 28 January 2025 - UPC CFI 335/2023, ACT 578607/2023, p. 46; CD Munich, 17 October 2024 - UPC CFI 252/2023, ACT 551180/2023, p. 33). b) D1 Baarman deals with systems for wireless power reception with a substrate, which is referred to in D1 as a flux concentrator (e.g. paragraphs [0001] and [0006]). As a solution, D1 proposes several embodiments, in particular the embodiment according to Figs. 21 and 22 is relevant (para. [0083] - [0088]). D1 describes a wireless power module ("wireless power module 2100"), which can be easily installed in a device due to its dimensions. The system ("wireless power module 2100") comprises a wireless power receiver, which includes a flux concentrator ("flux concentrator").2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 55 flux concentrator ("flux concentrator 2112") and a coil ("coil 2114") (para. [0083]). Fig. 21 shows the flux concentrator 2112 highlighted in blue and the coil 2114 highlighted in red. Further, D1 Baarman comprises a connection unit comprising traces 2108, pads 2106 and support components 2104 (see Fig. 22, green highlighting) (feature 1): (Fig. 21 and 22 of D1 with markings of the defendant) c) In the D1 Baarman, feature 3 is not anticipated as prejudicial to novelty: the substrate (100) has a receiving space formed therein for the connecting unit (300) the substrate (100) has a receiving space formed therein for the connecting unit (300) in particular not in the version of auxiliary application 2 relevant here: 3. HA2 characterised in that the substrate (100) has a receiving space formed therein for the connecting unit (300) and is of a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit (300); 3.HA2 characterised in that the substrate (100) has a receiving space formed therein for the connecting unit (300) and is of a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit (300). As already explained, the connecting unit according to the patent in suit, which establishes a connection with the two ends of the conductor pattern, is arranged in a receiving space provided for this purpose in a magnetic substrate of the power receiver. The shape of the connecting unit corresponds to that of the receiving space. This receiving space is in turn created by the fact that, during the layer structure of the power receiver, the magnetic substrate is recessed at those points in which the connecting unit is to be arranged later. The receiving space 130 is described in the description from paragraph [0082] to paragraph [0095] and Figs. 11, 12 and 13 and shows that the substrate 100 has a complete recess for the connection unit 300.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 56 Such a solution cannot be inferred from D1 Baarman. The conductive tracks 2108 and contact pads 2106 are embedded in the substrate (flow concentrator 2112), whereby the support components are inserted into a recess in the substrate (para. [0088]; Fig. 22 above), i.e. are embedded there. 3. PUBLICATION D2 / MASATO (WO 2011 / 001 812 A1; FBD-T 18) The subject-matter of the patent in suit is also new compared to the publication D2 Masato, because it does not disclose the features of feature group 2.2 and feature 3. a) D2 Masato deals with wireless charging by contactless transmission of electrical power between a transmitter coil and a receiver coil (para. [0002]). D2 Masato sets itself the task of providing a coil that can improve magnetic shielding on all surfaces except the surface where electromagnetic coupling takes place (paragraph [0009]). It discloses a flat, disc-shaped coil and a substrate ("resin structure") that is flat and disc-shaped and contains a magnetic material (paragraph [0010]). A first variant of a second embodiment is disclosed in Fig. 13(a) (par. [0078] ff.). D2 Masato discloses a system comprising a wireless power receiver ("coil module 10" - marked in orange) and a connection unit ("terminal 13" - marked in green) (feature 1): (Fig. 13(a) of D2 with defendant's markings) b) It cannot be inferred from D2 Masato that connecting terminals within the meaning of feature group 2.2 of the patent in suit are disclosed. As explained, this group of features is to be interpreted in such a way that the connection terminal does not just mean the ends of the conductor track of the coil, but a special shape that differs from the nature of the rest of the conductor track and enables connection to the connection unit. For example, the widened soldering surface of the coil's conductor track may represent the technically necessary counterpart to the through-hole plating of the connection unit; however, simply leading out the end of the wire would not meet the requirements. However, this is the case with the D2 Masato, as the connection terminals of the connection unit are not shown. This is also clear from Figures 14(c) and para. [0079] of D2 Masato:2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 57 D2 Masato does not disclose what happens to the disappearing wire ends (2). Rather, the wire end 25 of the coil simply ends at the underside of the plate 13, where, however, it would first have to lead into a spatially and physically configured connection terminal (210) of the coil unit (200) in order to disclose the claimed teaching of the patent in suit. In addition, the connection port of the connection unit (to the coil unit) according to the claim would have to be located in front of the connection unit. The "connecting portion 13a" thus rather establishes a connection to the outside or away from the arrangement, for example to the main circuit board ("circuit board"; cf. para. [0082] of Masato). In Masato, component 13a is therefore called the "connecting portion" because it represents a way of establishing a connection to the outside (cf. Masato, paras. [0078] and [0079]). This is precisely not the connection required by the patent in suit. c) In addition, feature 3 in the version of auxiliary request 2 relevant here is not anticipated in the D2 Masato publication in a manner prejudicial to novelty. The receiving space formed in the substrate ("resin structure 3") is indeed shown in the section of Figure 14 referred to by the defendants, which shows a sectional view through an area of Fig. 13(a) shown above, with the receiving space and the connecting unit being marked in colour by the defendants. (Fig. 14 of D2 with markings of the defendant) It can be recognised here that the connection unit is inserted in the receiving space and that the recess in the substrate has a predetermined shape which corresponds to the shape of the connection unit. However, there is no disclosure of a complete recess which allows the thickness of the power receiver to be reduced to the thickness of the connecting unit. Insofar as the Federal Patent Court in its decision2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 58 decision of 9 May 2023 (Ref. 4 Ni 47/22, Annex FBD-T1) appears to be based on a different understanding, the Local Division is not bound by this assessment. The Federal Patent Court did not make any statements on this point either, so that it is not possible to address any considerations. In any case, the formation of a recess in the substrate taught by D2 Masato does not enable the reduction of the thickness of the power receiver to the thickness of the connecting unit, which is one of the essential elements of the invention. The question of the inventive step compared to D2 is not the subject of the nullity counterclaim to be decided here, since the defendants have not asserted such a ground for nullity. 4. PUBLICATION D3 / NOMURA (WO 2011 / 024 621 A1; FBD-T 19/19A) The subject matter of the patent in suit is new compared to D3 Nomura, because it does not disclose feature 3 in the version of auxiliary request 2 relevant here. a) D3 Nomura discloses a battery pack having a flat-shaped coil for wireless power transfer (Ref. [0002]). D3 addresses the problem of limiting a magnetic leakage flux from the flat-shaped coil and that an eddy current occurs on the case of the battery due to the leaking magnetic leakage flux, which may have adverse effects (para [0007]). In known battery packs adapted for wireless power transfer, according to the FBD-T 19a/Nomura Appendix, it is not possible to prevent magnetic leakage flux from the surfaces of the flat shaped coil perpendicular to an electromagnetic wave absorbing layer (para [0008]). With this in mind, the FBD-T 19a/Nomura system recognises a need for a battery pack with a flat-shaped coil for contactless energy transfer that is capable of preventing magnetic flux leakage from surfaces other than the surface to be electromagnetically coupled (para [0009]). According to the first embodiment example, a wireless power receiver ("flat shaped coil 13" - marked in orange) and a connection unit ("terminal board 14" - marked in green) are shown. The wireless power receiver ("flat shaped coil 13" with "resin structure 12") comprises a substrate ("resin structure 12"). (Fig. 1 of D3 with markings of the defendant)2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 59 b) Although the D3 Nomura contains a disclosure of feature group 2.2, the plaintiff also rightly admits that with regard to its Figure 2 it is described in para. [0041] that the ends of the coil 13 form a protrusion 13a ("protrusion 13a"), which is provided by mountain folds of the end of the coil 13 and forms a contact with the electrode 142: Para [0041] reads: "In contrast, each end of the flat-shaped coil 13 is electrically connected to the external terminals 141 by bringing a protrusion 13a provided at the end of the flat- shaped coil 13 into contact with an electrode 142 provided on the terminal board 14. The protrusion 13a is formed by mountain-folding the end of the flat-shaped coil 13, which is bent so as to be parallel to the terminal board 14 along the shape of the first member 12a of the resin structure 12, and part of the protrusion 13a is arranged so as to be in contact with the electrode 142." [...]. In German translation: In contrast, each end of the flat coil 13 is electrically connected to the external terminals 141 by bringing a protrusion 13a provided at the end of the flat coil 13 into contact with an electrode 142 provided on the terminal plate 14. The protrusion 13a is formed by mountain folds of the end of the flat-shaped coil 13 bent so as to be parallel to the terminal plate 14 along the shape of the first member 12a of the resin structure 12, and a part of the protrusion 13a is arranged so as to be in contact with the electrode 142. [..] The solution of the patent in suit, that the connection terminal has a shape that differs from the nature of the rest of the conductor track, which enables the connection to the connection unit, has as its object that the widened soldering surface of the conductor track of the coil can already represent the technically necessary counterpart for through-hole plating of the connection unit. Such an embodiment is anticipated by D3 Nomura in a novelty-damaging way by proposing individual wire ends which are bent in the area of contact with the electrode, so that an elevation or a "mountain" is formed. "mountain" is formed. The formation of an elevation is comparable to a widened soldering surface.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 60 c) However, D3 Nomura does not disclose feature 3 in the version of auxiliary request 2 relevant here. Figure 2 of D3 Nomura shows the arrangement of the connection unit ("terminal board 14" - marked green on the defendant's side). A part of the connecting unit ("terminal board 14" - marked in green) is to be accommodated in the second part ("second member 12b") of the substrate 12: This is also how it is described in its para [0040]: "[...] Part of the terminal board 14 is included in the second member 12b of the resin structure 12. The terminal board 14 is provided in one side face 123 of the resin structure 12 and includes the multiple external terminals 141 connectable to an external device." In German translation: [...] A part of the terminal board 14 is integrated in the second element 12b of the resin structure 12. The connection board 14 is provided in a side surface 123 of the resin structure 12, and includes a plurality of external terminals 141 connectable to an external device. However, the receiving space for the connection unit ("terminal board 14" - marked in green) is not formed by a corresponding (complete) recess of the substrate. Although the perforation in figure 2 in number 14 enables the coil to be connected, it does not form a receiving space for the connection unit with a predetermined shape corresponding to the shape of the connection unit, as required by feature 3 in the version of auxiliary request 2 relevant here. This is because such a spatial correspondence between the receiving space and the connecting unit formed in the substrate is not found in D3. Rather, the connecting unit does not even begin to fill the receiving space, which is not necessary according to the solution of D3 with the lateral arrangement and makes the thickness of the connecting unit and the power receiver independent of each other. At the same time, it is clear that the recess in the substrate in the D3 cannot reduce the thickness of the power receiver due to the lateral arrangement.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 61 5. PUBLICATION D4 / GOMA (JP 2011 210 937 A; FBD-T 20) The subject matter of the patent in suit is new compared to D4 Goma, because it does not disclose all the features of feature group 2.2. a) D4 discloses a coil module for contactless power transmission and an electronic device containing such a coil module (para. [0001]). According to D4, for a contactless transmission of electric power in an electronic device, a coil module is to be provided on both the power transmission side and the power receiving side in the electronic device, such coil modules comprising both a coil ("coil 2") and a connection unit ("circuit substrate 4") (par. [0002] and [0030]). The task is to provide a coil module reduced in thickness and size while maintaining the ability to transmit power (par. [0006]). As a solution, the D4 Goma proposes a coil module 1 in which at least a part of the connection unit 4 is embedded in the substrate 3 of the coil module 1: "a coil module ... comprises a flat-shaped resin structure..., wherein ... at least a portion of the circuit board is contained in the resin structure." (para [0007] and Fig. 1(b)) b) The D4 Goma does not anticipate the connection terminals within the meaning of the patent in suit according to its feature group 2.2 in a manner prejudicial to novelty. This is because it does not disclose any deviating moulding of the ends of the coil which go beyond the mere wire end and which, as connection terminals, enable the connection to the connection unit. Rather, paragraph [0038] of D4 Goma only describes the leading out of a wire end into an external connection terminal similar to a connection terminal: "Figure 3 is a schematic view that explains a manufacturing method of the coil module 1 in accordance with Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In Figure 3 (a), a coil 2, which is formed by winding a conductor such as copper wire in a spiral shape is prepared. A wire 21 is drawn from one direction of the prepared coil 2. In Figure 3 (b), the wire 21 drawn from the coil 2 is connected by solder, etc., to the coil connecting terminal 45, which is formed on the circuit substrate 4 [...]." In German: Figure 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a manufacturing method of the coil module 1 according to embodiment 1 of the present invention. In Figure 3 (a), a coil 2 is prepared which is formed by winding a conductor, such as a copper wire, in a spiral shape. A wire 21 is drawn from a direction of the prepared coil 2. In Figure 3 (b), the wire 21 drawn from the coil 2 is connected to the coil connection terminal by soldering etc. .2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 62 coil connection terminal 45 connected, which on the circuit substrate 4 is formed. (Fig. 3 (b) of D4 with markings of the defendant) This does not disclose a connection terminal within the meaning of the patent in suit, since this is to be formed from the coil itself and not from a plain wire end terminating in a terminal of the connection unit. c) The fact that the D4 Goma according to Figure 2 thereof discloses a complete recess in the substrate to form the receiving space is no longer relevant. It is therefore harmless that the resin structure 3 in the D4 Figure 2 has an opening 32 in an area of the printed circuit board on which a plurality of electronic components are mounted (para. [0010]). (Fig. 2 of D4 with markings of the defendant) The opening 32 is designed in such a way that the connection unit 4 with its electronic components can be accommodated therein (para. [0007]) (feature 3). 6. TYPEFACE D5 / NAKAMURA (EP 1 814 191 A2; FBD-T 21) The subject matter of the patent in suit is new compared to D5. Firstly, D5 Nakamura is not a prior art document which a person skilled in the art would refer to when searching for a solution to the problem of the patent in suit. Moreover, it does not disclose all the features of claim 1 in D5 clearly and unambiguously, at least not the features of feature group 2.2.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 63 a) D5 Nakamura relates to a radio communication medium processor or antenna apparatus used as a radio communication medium, such as RFID, i.e. integrated circuit (IC) cards: It discloses an antenna apparatus for wirelessly receiving electric power for an IC tag or an IC card (para [0015]), which comprises a wireless power receiver referred to therein as antenna apparatus 1 ("antenna apparatus 1"): "[0015] As shown in Fig. 1, an antenna apparatus 1 is comprised of a mag-netic sheet 2 mainly composed of a ferrite-based magnetic substance, protec-tive members 7 and 8 arranged so as to sandwich the magnetic sheet 2 there-between, an antenna 3, a matching circuit 4, terminal connecting parts 5, a base 6, and chip capacitors 10a and 10b for matching. The antenna apparatus 1 may be contained in a radio communication medium, such as an IC card or an IC tag, and may be contained in a radio communication medium processor, such as a reader or a writer." Accordingly, the antenna apparatus 1 may be contained in a radio communication medium, such as an IC card or an IC tag. It can also be contained in a radio communication medium processor, such as a reader or a writer. The task of D5 is to be able to precisely adjust the resonant frequency of the antenna device, which is to be achieved by means of chip capacitors, the selection of which is very complicated, paragraph [0004]. Antenna 2 in the D5 Nakamura, however, is designed for radio communication of data. There are no references to components to which induced (charging) power could be supplied, such as a rectifier. b) The patent in suit has set itself the task of solving two disadvantages of the prior art, namely the thickness of the wireless power receiver and the complex manufacturing process. However, D5 Nakamura does not deal with a wireless charging system, since the disclosed antenna apparatus, which is used as a radio communication medium, is not intended for the purpose of wireless charging according to the claim. The coil arrangement of an IC card is not a power receiver within the meaning of the patent in suit, but a receiver for near-field communication (see BPatG, judgement of 9 May 2023, Ref. 4 Ni 47/22, Annex FBD-T1, p. 23). It is true that the energy for the circuit or the RFID chip, which is located on a plastic card, is generated by the coil, as in the case of the2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 64 patent in suit is provided inductively by the coil. At the same time, the skilled person has no reason to turn to D5 in search of the solution to the patent in suit. This is because the subject matter of D5 has a different mode of operation and a different field of application compared to the claimed wireless charging system. Typically, a current can be induced in the antenna of the IC card by means of a reader, whereupon data stored on the IC card is read out. This enables (data) communication (see section [0025] of D5): "[0025] The antenna 3 is an antenna pattern and is formed from a looped conductor. As the structure of the looped conductor, the conductor has only to be formed in a surrounding shape, and their shape is not limited to a spiral shape. Further, the shape of the loop may be any of a circular shape, a substantially rectangular shape, or a polygonal shape. The loop structure of the antenna causes a sufficient magnetic field to be generated, thereby allowing communication between a radio communication medium and a radio communication medium processor by generation of induced power and mutual inductance." In German: "[0025] The antenna 3 is an antenna pattern and consists of a conductor loop. As a structure of the conductor loop, the conductor need only be formed in a surrounding shape, and its shape is not limited to a spiral shape. Furthermore, the shape of the loop can be a circular shape, an essentially rectangular shape or a polygonal shape. The loop structure of the antenna causes a sufficient magnetic field to be generated, thereby enabling communication between a radio communication medium and a radio communication medium processor by generating induced power and mutual inductance." It is not absolutely necessary for a prior art document to address the same problem as the patent in suit in order to be prejudicial to novelty. However, the completely divergent problem definition of D5 prevents the skilled person from referring to D5, which deals with the precise adjustment of the resonant frequency of the antenna device by means of chip capacitors, the selection of which is very complicated [0004], in order to get rid of these capacitors again in the solution according to the patent in suit. In addition, the coils for reading RFID tags can be dimensioned smaller, since a relatively small voltage is induced in order to transmit information over a short distance. Wireless charging, on the other hand, requires power transmission that utilises much higher flux densities concentrated in a smaller space. According to the expert's knowledge, the energy transfer for inductive charging is 15-20 watts (Qi standard for smartphones), whereas for an RFID card it is only in the range of 15 milliwatts. This means that significantly larger conductor cross-sections would be required for the currents of inductive charging.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 65 c) Moreover, not all of the features of claim 1 in D5 prove to be clearly and unambiguously disclosed, namely the connection unit according to the features of feature group 2.2. Fig. 1 shows that a coil ("antenna 3") is covered by a magnetic sheet ("magnetic sheet 2"), with connecting terminals ("terminal connecting parts 5") arranged in an opening 7a in the magnetic sheet 2 (blue). It also has a coil 3 (feature 2.2.3), which is used to supply the antenna device (feature 2.2.3.1). As such, the "magnetic sheet 2" is configured to change a direction of a magnetic field received from a transmitting side (feature 2.1). Furthermore, an antenna 3 is included (Fig. 1): (Fig. 1 of D5 with markings of the defendant) However, the coil unit 3, 5 of the wireless power receiver 1 lacks the connection terminal according to the patent in suit. A connection unit as such is not disclosed. The D5 does provide for connecting terminals ("terminal connecting parts 5") in the area of the opening 7a of the magnetic sheet ("magnetic sheet 2"), which enables a connection for connecting the antenna apparatus ("antenna apparatus 1"), i.e. the wireless power receiver. However, D5 leaves open how the connection is designed. In particular, D5 does not teach - and the above figure also does not show - that the wire ends are in any way adapted or at least widened within the meaning of the connection unit of feature group 2.2 of the patent in suit. The arrangement shown by D5 in Figure 1 would also not allow a receiving space below the coil and thus also not a connection unit corresponding in shape within the meaning of feature 3 of the patent in suit. It is true that the latter could be taken from Figure 2. However, neither Figure 2 nor the section of Figure 3A referred to by the defendants shows that the two connecting terminals at the ends of the coil are adapted or at least widened in any way:2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 66 (Figure 2) (Fig. 3A of D5) Accordingly, D5 also does not show a connecting unit that anticipates features 4.1. and 4.2 of the patent in suit. 7. PUBLICATION D6 / HIGUCHI (EP 1 065 627 A2, FBD-T 22) The subject matter of the patent in suit is new compared to D6 Higuchi. This is because D6 Higuchi is not a prior art document that a person skilled in the art would refer to when searching for a solution to the problem of the patent in suit. Since documents D5 and D6 both deal with near-field radio communication of data, claim 1 of the patent in suit is inventive in view of a combination of D5 with D6. a) D6 discloses a contactless IC card 10 having a planar coil 52 and a semiconductor element 54 at a position not overlapping with the planar coil ([0001]): [0001] The present invention relates to a non-contact type IC card including a plane coil and a semiconductor element arranged at a position not overlapping with the plane coil, wherein the terminal sections of the plane coil are electrically connected with the electrode terminals of the semiconductor element. Further, the present invention relates to a process for manufacturing the non-contact type IC card. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the plane coil used for the non-contact type IC card. In German: [0001] The present invention relates to a non-contact type IC card having a plane coil and a semiconductor element disposed at a position where it does not overlap with the plane coil, wherein the terminal portions of the plane coil are electrically connected to the electrode terminals of the semiconductor element. The present invention further relates to a method of manufacturing the contactless IC card. In addition, the present invention relates to the flat coil used for the contactless IC card.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 67 Therefore, D6 deals with IC cards as contactless radio communication means. The semiconductor element 54 is arranged in the reinforcing frame 12 ([0030]). A wiring board 18 composed of an insulating resin film body 16, one side of which faces the semiconductor element 54 and the other side of which has two wire structures formed thereon, is disposed between the end portions 52a of the planar coil 52 and the electrode contact side 56 of the semiconductor element ([0034]). "The wiring board 18 composed of the insulating resin film body 16, ... on the other side of which two wiring patterns 14 are formed, is arranged between the terminal sections 52a of the plane coil 52 and the electrode terminals 56." (Fig. 6 and para. [0034]) (Fig. 6 of D6) b) D6 Higuchi does not deal with a wireless charging system. Also, the IC card described in D6 Higuchi does not require a magnetic substrate, since no significantly optimised flux concentration is required for data communication and no preferred direction is intended for the application of the IC card anyway. In contrast to wireless charging, the IC card in D6 requires only a few coil windings, which are also arranged in an edge area of the carrier substrate. In contrast, wireless charging requires many more coil windings and over a larger area in order to achieve high efficiency. Furthermore, in Higuchi's IC card, components such as the semiconductor elements ("semiconductor element 54") are arranged on or within the coil windings. In wireless charging, such an arrangement would have a detrimental effect on transmission efficiency. Therefore, also with regard to D6, the skilled person has no reason to turn to this document in search of the solution to the patent in suit. This is because the subject matter of D6 has a different mode of operation and a different field of application compared to the claimed wireless charging system. Since the performances for the different tasks - IC card in D6 on the one hand and power receiver in the patent in suit on the other hand - are substantially different, the skilled person would already have to dimension the coils differently from the outset. Further steps are therefore necessary to combine D5 and D6.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 68 c) Even a combination of documents D5 and D6 does not stand in the way of the inventive step of the patent in suit. aa) According to Article 56 EPC, an invention has an inventive step if it is not obvious to a person skilled in the art from the prior art. A possible starting point in the prior art is realistic if its teaching would have been of interest to a person skilled in the art who, at the priority date of the patent in suit, wished to develop a product or process similar to that disclosed in the prior art and thus having a similar basic problem to the claimed invention (CC Munich, 17 October 2024 - UPC CFI 252/2023, ACT 551180/2023). In order to assess inventive step, the claimed subject-matter, as understood, must be compared with the prior art and it must be seen whether it would have been obvious for a person skilled in the art to arrive at the claimed solution on the basis of a disclosure in the prior art which is regarded as a realistic starting point in view of the underlying problem (cf. LD Düsseldorf, 07.03.2025 - UPC CFI 459/2023, ACT 590302/2024; LD Paris, 04.07.2024 - UPC CFI 230/2023, ACT 546446/2023; CC Paris, 21.01.2025 - UPC CFI 311/2023, ACT 571745/2023; CC Munich, 17.10.2024 - UPC CFI 252/2023, ACT 551180/2023). Even if it was not entirely clear how to arrive at this solution, the claimed subject-matter fulfils the requirements of Article 56 EPC. This is the case here. bb) The defendants argue unsuccessfully that the solution of the patent in suit is not inventive because, against the background of a missing connection unit in D5, the objective technical task arises of electrically connecting the system of D5 Nakamura in order to provide the IC tag described, and the person skilled in the art would use the connection unit of D6 Higuchi in D5 for this purpose. This already fails because the publications D5 and D6, as explained, both deal with near-field communication and therefore the skilled person would not refer to these publications for the problem of the patent in suit and its solution. D5 therefore does not prove to be a meaningful starting point for the skilled person's considerations of electrically connecting a coil from a wireless charging system. As already explained, the completely divergent task of D5 prevents the skilled person from referring to D5, which deals with the precise adjustment of the resonant frequency of the antenna device by means of chip capacitors, the selection of which is very complicated [0004], in order to get rid of these capacitors again in the solution according to the patent in suit. He also has no reason to take the missing connection terminals from an IC card for near-field communication, such as D6, in the next step. In this respect, it is also significant that the capacitors provided in the D5 for inductive charging are superfluous within the meaning of the patent in suit and are also detrimental to the component height. In addition, in contrast to wireless charging, the IC card in the D6 Higuchi requires only a few coil windings, which are also arranged in an edge area of the carrier substrate, while significantly larger conductor cross-sections or much more capacitors are required for the currents of inductive charging.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 69 coil windings and over a larger area would be required to achieve high efficiency. 8. FURTHER AUXILIARY REQUESTS The plaintiff's further auxiliary requests pursuant to Rule 30 VerfO are irrelevant in view of the above result. All auxiliary requests specify the "magnetic substrate" (cf. auxiliary request 1). All auxiliary requests labelled "A" additionally add feature 2.1HA1of auxiliary request 2 (shape of the receiving space corresponds to the shape of the connection unit). Auxiliary claims 14-33 (A) are merely a combination of the features of auxiliary claims 1-13 (A). 9. PATENTABILITY OF THE DEPENDENT CLAIMS The dependent claims of the patent in suit also prove to be legally valid in accordance with the above explanations. D. INFRINGEMENT OF CLAIM 1 The challenged embodiments do not make use of all the features of claim 1 of the patent in suit in accordance with the literal meaning, in particular not in its version according to auxiliary requests 1 and 2. It already appears doubtful whether the challenged embodiments have connection terminals within the meaning of feature group 2.2, but in any case they do not have a receiving space according to feature 3 of claim 1 in accordance with the patent in suit. An infringement of the dependent claims of the patent in suit is therefore also ruled out. 1. CHALLENGED EMBODIMENTS The plaintiff sees an infringement of the German and Dutch parts of the patent in suit, for example, in the defendant's "product flagship", the Xiaomi 13 Pro smartphone and the Xiaomi POCO F5 Pro 5G smartphone. The plaintiff had a smartphone of the type Xiaomi 13 Pro and a smartphone of the type Xiaomi POCO F5 Pro 5G examined by experts and had a so-called tear- down analysis carried out. The tear-down analysis includes images of the inner workings of the smartphones using an optical and a scanning electron microscope. 2. FEATURE GROUP 2.2 AND FEATURE 2.3 It can be left open whether the attacked embodiments Xiaomi 13 Pro and Xiaomi POCO F5 Pro 5G have connection terminals corresponding to feature groups 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 of claim 1 of the patent in suit: [the wireless power receiver (1000) comprising] a coil unit (200) including a first connection terminal (210), a second connection terminal (220) and a coil (230) [wherein the wireless power receiver (1000) comprising:] a coil unit (200) including a first connection terminal (210), a second connection terminal (220) and a coil (230)2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 70 A prerequisite for this would be that the connection points of the coil unit are not limited to the plain end of the conductor track or the coil wire, but have a special shape that differs from the nature of the rest of the conductor track, which enables connection to the connection unit. It appears questionable whether the challenged embodiments have such spatially and physically shaped components in order to establish a connection with a connection unit. For even according to the plaintiff's submission, the wire ends (eight or nine in number) are bonded en bloc, which is recognisable by the traces of smoke: 3. FEATURE 3 In any event, the contested smartphones do not fulfil feature 3 in the version of auxiliary request 2: the substrate (100) has a receiving space formed therein for the connecting unit (300) 3.HA2 characterised in that the substrate (100) has a receiving space formed therein for the connecting unit (300) and is of a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit (300); a) The prerequisite for this would be that a receiving space is formed by omitting the magnetic substrate in the layer structure of the power receiver at those points in which the connection unit is to be arranged later, so that the connection unit, when inserted, does not rest on the substrate (feature 2.1) as a further layer.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 71 the connection unit is to be arranged later, so that the connection unit, when it is inserted, does not rest on the substrate (feature 2.1) as a further layer. The formation of the receiving space in the substrate therefore requires complete removal or recessing of the magnetic substrate. In this way, the overall thickness of the power receiver can be reduced to the thickness of the connection unit (cf. para. [0087] of the patent in suit). These requirements are not met by the challenged infringing forms. Neither does the receiving space have a (predetermined) shape that corresponds to a shape of the connection unit (300), as can be seen from the following illustrations: Reception room: Xiaomi POCO F5 Pro 5G Reception room: Xiaomi 13 Pro Furthermore, it is undisputed that the receiving space is not formed in such a way that the magnetic substrate is completely penetrated, but that there is merely a depression in the substrate. However, this does not constitute a receiving space according to the claim, since the substrate has not been completely removed in the area of the connection unit, but there is still a magnetic layer underneath the connection unit.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 72 is still present. Therefore, the structure of the "receiving space" of the smartphones differs fundamentally from feature 3 of the patent in suit. 4. NON-REALISATION OF THE SUB-CLAIMS Since not all features of independent claim 1 are realised by the attacked embodiments, there is no need to go into the subclaims. 5. NON-REALISATION ACCORDING TO THE ALTERNATIVE CLAIMS None of the alternative claims for injunctive relief brought by the plaintiff can help to overcome the non-realisation of the aforementioned feature. 6. PASSIVE LEGITIMISATION In the absence of patent infringement, the question of passive legitimisation is no longer relevant. E. CONCLUSION In view of all the above, the infringement action together with its annex requests must be dismissed without further considerations of proportionality pursuant to Article 63 (1) UPCA. A decision must nevertheless be issued on the nullity counterclaim (LK Hamburg, 19 February 2025 - UPC CFI 58/2024, GRUR-RS 2024, 41980 para. 149 - Lionra vs Cisco). The The patent in suit is to be upheld in the version of auxiliary requests 1 and 2 with restrictions. As part of the decision on costs, the local division took into account that the plaintiff was unsuccessful in its entirety with regard to the applications, but that the defendants were also unsuccessful with regard to the counterclaim for revocation. The defendants' loss with regard to their counterclaim for annulment was to be assessed at 20% of the value of the counterclaim. The plaintiff stated EUR 1.5 million for the value in dispute of the infringement action, which does not appear to be objectionable in view of the territorial limitation of the claim to the territories of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, even if the contested forms of infringement are significant smartphone products. The defendants have also not objected to this statement of value. The value in dispute of the revocation counterclaim receives a surcharge of up to 50 per cent in accordance with Section I. 2. b) (2) (ii) the "Guidelines of the Administrative Committee for the determination of court fees and the upper limit for recoverable costs of 24 April 2023" (cf. Art. 36 para. 3 UPCA, R. 370.6 UPC Rules of Procedure). The action for annulment is therefore valued at EUR 2.25 million and the proceedings as a whole at EUR 3.75 million. In the context of the decision on costs, the costs associated with the appeal proceedings in case no. UPC CoA 205/2024, APL 24585/2024 concerning the service of the application were to be shown separately, which are to be borne by the unsuccessful applicant.2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 73 DECISION I. The action is dismissed. II. The European patent EP2642632 is declared invalid with effect for all Contracting States in which the patent has effect insofar as its subject-matter extends beyond claim 1 in the version of auxiliary requests 1 and 2, which has the following wording in the English language of grant: 1. A system comprising a wireless power receiver (1000) and a connecting unit (300), the wireless power receiver (1000) comprising: a magnetic substrate (100) configured to change a direction of a magnetic field received from a transmission side; a coil unit (200) including a first connection terminal (210), a second connection terminal (220) and a coil (230), wherein the coil (230) is configured to wirelessly receive power, wherein the coil (230) is formed as a conductive pattern on or inside the substrate (100), and wherein the first connection terminal (210) is located at one end of the coil (230) and the second connection terminal (220) is provided at the other end of the coil (230), characterised in that the substrate (100) has a receiving space formed therein for the connecting unit (300) (230) and the second connection terminal (220) is provided at the other end of the coil (230), characterised in that the substrate (100) has a receiving space formed therein for the connecting unit (300), characterised in that the substrate (100) has a receiving space formed therein for the connecting unit (300) and is of a predetermined shape corresponding to a shape of the connecting unit (300); wherein the connecting unit (300) includes a first connection terminal (310) of the connecting unit (300) for connecting to the first connection terminal (210) of the coil unit (200) and a second connection terminal (320) of the connecting unit (300) for connecting to the second connection terminal (220) of the coil unit (200). III. The further nullity counterclaim is dismissed. IV. The court costs of the infringement action are to be borne by the plaintiff. The plaintiff shall bear 20% of the court costs of the counterclaim; otherwise, the defendants shall bear the court costs of the counterclaim. The parties shall each bear their own costs, with the exception of the costs associated with the appeal proceedings under case no. UPC CoA 205/2024, APL 24585/2024 concerning the service of the statement of claim, which shall be borne by the plaintiff. V. The total value of the proceedings is set at EUR 3,750,000. DETAILS OF THE DECISION Action Number: ACT 19746/2024 and CC 42059/2024 UPC number: UPC CFI 173/2024 and 424/2024 Action type: Infringement Action Related proceedings type: Counterclaim for revocation2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 74 SIGNATURES Sabine Maria Klepsch Digitally signed by Sabine Maria Klepsch Date: 2025.07.09 10:21:15 +02'00' Presiding Judge Klepsch Stefan Schilling Digitally signed by Stefan Schilling Date: 2025.07.09 10:14:21 +02'00' Legally qualified judge Dr Schilling Rapporteur Digitally signed by (Samuel) (Rocco)Samuel Rocco M Granata M Granata Date: 2025.07.09 10:33:25 +02'00' Legally qualified judge Granata Digitally signed John by Johannes Mesa Pascasio Mesa Pascasio Date: 2025.07.09 10:39:06 +02'00' Technically qualified judge Dr Mesa Pascasio Sarah Brecht Digitally signed by Sarah Brecht Date: 2025.07.09 10 :42:38 +02'00' for the Deputy Chancellor INFORMATION ON THE APPEAL An appeal against this decision may be lodged with the Court of Appeal within two months of notification of the decision by any party whose requests were unsuccessful in whole or in part (Art. 73(1) UPCA, R. 220.1(a), 224.1(a) RP). INFORMATION ON ENFORCEMENT A certified copy of the enforceable decision is issued by the Deputy Registrar at the request of the enforcing party (Art. 82 UPCA, Art. Art. 37(2) UPCA, R. 118.8, 158.2, 354, 355.4 VerfO).2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com 75 This decision was pronounced in open court on 10 July 2025. Stefan Schilling Digitally signed by Stefan Schilling Date: 2025.07.10 10:05:42 +02'00' Legally qualified judge Dr Schilling Rapporteur2025-07-10 LD Hamburg UPC CFI 173-2024 424-2024 ACT 19746-2024 ORD 69307-2024 en-GB.pdfDeepL machine translation provided by www.veron.com

Key Holdings

• If the actual core of the auxiliary requests for the alternative maintenance of the patent pursuant to R. 30 RP is small, the opposing party is not faced with unreasonable challenges with regard to its submission, even if the number of auxiliary requests is quite high, Rule 30.1 lit. c) RP.
• An inadmissible amendment in the sense of an intermediate generalisation exists if a term has been dropped from the claim wording which was still contained in the version requested, Art. 123(2) and (3) EPC.
• If a citation has a comparable mode of operation but a different field of application (adjustment of the resonant frequency of an antenna device in a receiver for near-field communication) compared to the claimed system (construction and manufacture of a power receiver for wireless charging), it is not a prior art document which the skilled person would refer to in the search for the solution to the problem of the patent in suit, Art. 54 and 56 EPC.

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