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`AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAIMS
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`This listing of claims replacesall prior versions of claims in the application.
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`Listing of Claims:
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`1.
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`(Currently Amended) A secondary battery comprising:
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`an electrode group; and an electrolyte,
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`wherein the electrode group includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a
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`separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a positive
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`electrode lead electrically connected to the positive electrode,
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`the positive electrode and the negative electrode are disposed so as to face each other
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`with the separator therebetween, and are wound,
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`the positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive
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`electrode active material layer carried on each main surface of the positive electrode current
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`collector,
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`the positive electrode current collector has a first exposed section that does not carry the
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`positive electrode active material layer,
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`the positive electrode lead is connected to the first exposed section,
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`the negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative
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`electrode active material layer carried on each main surface of the negative electrode current
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`collector and hasa first region and a second region,
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`the negative electrode current collector is exposed in thefirst region, and
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`the first region faces the positive electrode lead,
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`the secondary battery further comprising a first
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`insulating member that covers the
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`positive electrode lead,
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`wherein a boundary between the first region and the second region is positioned between
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`an end of the positive electrode lead and an end ofthe first insulating member.
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`2. (Cancelled)
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`3. (Currently Amended) The secondary battery according to Claim 1 [[2]],
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`wherein the first insulating membercoversthe first exposed section, and
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`the boundary between the first region and the second region is positioned between the
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`end ofthe positive electrode lead and an endofthe first exposed section.
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`4. (Original) The secondary battery according to Claim 3, wherein the first insulating member
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`covers part of the positive electrode active material layer.
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`5. (Currently Amended) The secondary battery according to Claim 1 [[2]], wherein the first
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`region faces the positive electrode lead with the separator and the first insulating member
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`therebetween.
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`6. (Currently Amended) The secondary battery according to Claim 1 [[2]],
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`wherein the positive electrode current collector has a second exposed section that is
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`disposed so as to correspond to the first exposed section and that does not carry the positive
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`electrode active material layer,
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`the second exposed section is covered by a second insulating member, and
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`the first region faces the positive electrode lead with the separator, the second insulating
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`member, and the positive electrode current collector therebetween.
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