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`Docket No.: 083710-2981
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`Introduction
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`REMARKS
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`Claims 1, 5-7 and 10-18 are pending, of which claim 1 is independent.
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`No amendmenthas been madeto the claimsin this response. No new matter has been
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`added.
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`Patentability under 35 U.S.C. § 103
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`Claims 1, 7, 11 and 13-16 were rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a)(1) as being anticipated
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`by Iwasaki (US 6,325,611). Claims 5, 6, 10, 12, 17 and 18 were rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
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`as being unpatentable over Iwasaki in view of Masumoto (US 2013/0316209). Without
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`conceding any correctness of the rejections, Applicant traverses the rejections for at least the
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`following reasons.
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`Ata minimum,noneofthe cited references disclose or suggestthat the overlap part of
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`the negative electrode current collection lead is not located on the boundary between the 1A arc
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`column region and the second columnar region of the electrode group andis located at least one
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`of: within the 1A arc column region, within the 1B arc column region, or over the boundary
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`between the 1B arc column region and the second columnar region of the electrode group, as
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`recited by claim 1. Please see, for example, FIGS. 7B-7E of the present application.
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`The Office Action asserted that first columnar region is above line A and below line B on
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`annotated Fig. 4 of Iwasaki shown in page 5 of the present Office Action. Applicant respectfully
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`disagrees.
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`In claim 1, a first columnar region is a region in which the numberoftimesthe positive
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`electrode mixture layers are stacked in the radial direction of the electrode group is highest. In
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`Application No. 16/762,720
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`Docket No.: 083710-2981
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`FIG. 4 of Iwasaki, item 1b is the positive electrode mixture layer. Apparently, the number of
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`times of the positive electrode mixture layers 1b aboveline A is the sameasthat in the region
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`between line A and line B. Similarly, the alleged second columnar region in FIG. 4 has a higher
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`numberof times of the positive electrode mixture layers that the region below line B.
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`Annotated fig. 4
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`In claim 1, a 1A arc columnregion includes an outer periphery-side end surface of the
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`positive electrode mixture layers and a 1B arc columnregion doesnotinclude the end surface.
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`In FIG. 4 of Iwasaki, the alleged 1A arc columnregion (aboveline A) does not include an outer
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`periphery-side end surface of the positive electrode mixture layers 1b.
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`Moreover, since Iwasaki does not expressly disclose the center of the closed-end
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`cylindrical battery casing, the cross point of lines A and B on annotated FIG. 4 of Iwasaki does
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`not necessarily pass the center.
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`Assuch,since the interpretation of and reliance on FIG. 4 of Iwasaki are erroneous and
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`have no factual basis, the rejection of claim 1 has no merit. Thus, claim 1 andall claims
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`dependentthereon are patentable over the cited reference.
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`Application No. 16/762,720
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`Docket No.: 083710-2981
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`CONCLUSION
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`Having fully respondedto all matters raised in the Office Action, Applicant submits that
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`all claims are in condition for allowance, an indication for whichis respectfully solicited. If
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`there are any outstanding issues that might be resolved by an interview or an Examiner’s
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`amendment, the Examineris requested to call Applicant’s attorney at the telephone number
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`shownbelow.
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`To te extent necessary, a petition for an extension of time under 37 C.F.R. § 1.136 is
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`hereby made. Please charge any shortage in fees due in connection with the filing of this paper,
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`including extension of time fees, to Deposit Account 500417 under Order No. 083710-2981 and
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`please credit any excess fees to such deposit account.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`MCDERMOTTWILL & EMERY LLP
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`/Takashi Saito/
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`Takashi Saito
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`Date: July 12, 2022
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