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`Docket No. P210249US00
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`AMENDMENTS TO THE SPECIFICATION
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`Please amend paragraph[0033] as indicated as below:
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`[0033
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`Thus, in the present embodiment, as Freure 6 illustrates, the positive electrode current collector
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`ternalSOAisb20 bas. in end portions im the width direction,
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`the cutout portions 80, 80 at
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`positions away from the joimed portions 70 jomed to the positive electrode current collector terminal
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`304 and on the electrode body 10 side. The positive electrode current collector terminal30Atab26
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`has decreased mechanical strength at the cutout portions 80, 80, and the cutont portions SO, 80 can
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`thereby serve as a starting portion at which the positive electrode current collector tab 20 is bent,
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`when the electrade body 10 ts placed im the battery case 60. That is, the positive electrode current
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`collector tab 20 can be bent along Line P defined by the cutout portions 80, 80. As a result, as
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`Figures 10 and 11 illustrate, the electrode bady 10 can be accommodated in thebattery case 60 in a
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`state where each of the positive electrode current collector tabs 20 is bent, with the cutout portions
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`80, 80 as the starting portion, im the space inside the sealing plate 62.
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