Amendments to the Claims
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`The following listing of claims will replace all prior versions, and listings, of claims in the
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`Listing of Claims:
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`1.
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`(Currently Amended) A lithium-ion battery comprising:
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`a positive electrode including a positive current collector and a positive conductive
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`membrane which is formed on the surface of the positive current collector by coating, drying
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`and compacting a positive mixture slurry containing a positive active material, a positive
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`conductive additive and a positive binder into the positive conductive membrane,
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`a negative electrode including a negative current collector and a negative conductive
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`membrane which is formed on the surface of the negative current collector by coating, drying
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`and compacting a negative mixture slurry containing a negative active material, a negative
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`conductive additive and a negative binder into the negative conductive membrane,
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`a separator,
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`an electrolyte, and
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`a packaging foil,
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`wherein,
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`[[the]] a compacted density of the positive conductive membrane is at a range
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`from 3.9g/cm3 to 4.4g/cm3,
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`[[the]] a compacted density of the negative conductive membrane is at a range
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`from 1.55g/cm3 to 1.8g/cm3,
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`the ratio of the capacity of the negative active material to the capacity of the
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`positive active material is at a range from -1—te—1—.4 1.2 to 1.4, the charging rate of said lithium-
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`ion battery is at a range from 1.3C to SC, wherein the capacity of negative active material /
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`the capacity of positive active material =(negative coating weight per unit areaX the weight
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`ratio of negative active materials X the capacity per gram of negative active
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`material)/(positive coating weight per unit area X the weight ratio of positive active materials
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`X the capacity per gram of positive active material).
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`2.
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`(Original) The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1, wherein, the compacted
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`density of said positive conductive membrane is at a range from 3.95g/cm3 to 4.35 g/cm3.
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`3.
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`(Original) The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1, wherein, the compacted
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`density of said negative conductive membrane is at a range from 1.55 g/cm3 to 1.75 g/cm3.
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`4.
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`5.
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`(Canceled)
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`(Original) The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1, wherein,
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`in formation of the negative conductive membrane, the coating weight of solid
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`components in the negative mixture slurry on the surface of the negative current collector is
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`at a range from 120mg/1540.25mm2 to l90mg/1540.25mm2,
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`in formation of the positive conductive membrane, the coating weight of solid
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`components in the positive mixture slurry on the surface of the positive current collector is at
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`a range from 230mg/1540.25mm2 to 380mg/1540.25mm2.
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`6.
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`(Original) The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1, wherein, said positive active
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`material is at least one selected from the group consisting of lithium cobaltate LiCoOz,
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`lithium manganate LiMn204, lithium iron phosphate LiFePO4 and ternary material NCM.
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`7.
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`(Original) The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1, wherein, said negative active
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`material is carbon material which is at least one selected from the group consisting of soft
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`carbon, hard carbon, artificial graphite, natural graphite and mesocarbon microbead.
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`8.
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`(Original) The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1, wherein, said electrolyte is a
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`non-water electrolyte containing a non-water organic solvent and a lithium salt.
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`9.
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`(Original) The lithium-ion battery according to claim 8, wherein,
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`said non-water organic solvent is a mixture of chain ester and cyclic ester,
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`said chain ester is at least one selected from the group consisting of dimethyl
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`carbonate DMC, diethyl carbonate DEC, ethyl methyl carbonate EMC, methyl propyl
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`carbonate MPC, dipropyl carbonate DPC, fluorine-containing chain ester, sulphur-containing
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`chain ester and unsaturated carbon-carbon bond-containing chain ester,
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`said cyclic ester is at least one selected from ethylene carbonate EC, propylene
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`carbonate PC, vinylene carbonate VC, y-butyrolactone y-BL, trimethylene sulfite, fluorine-
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`containing cyclic ester, other sulphur-containing cyclic ester or other unsaturated carbon-
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`carbon bond-containing cyclic ester,
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`said lithium salt is at least one selected from the group consisting of LiPFs, LiBF4,
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`LiClO4, LiCF3SO3, LiN(SOzCF3)2 and LiN(SOzC2F5)2.
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`REA/[ARKS
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`This amendment responds to the office action mailed October 31, 2019. In the office
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`action, the Examiner:
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`rejected claims 1-9 under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) as being indefinite for failing to
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`particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter;
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`rejected claims 1-4 and 6-9 under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Fusaji
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`et al. (CN 101373850), in view of Scott et al. (US. Patent Publication No.
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`2009/0274849), and
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`rejected claim 5 under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Fusaji, in view of
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`Scott, as applied to claim 1 above, and further in view of Hiroyasu et al. (JP
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`2009/048876).
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`REMARKS CONCERNING CLAIMS
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`Claim 1 has been amended. Claim 4 has been canceled.
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`Support for the amendments can be found in at least Table 1 and related text of the
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`application as filed. No new matter has been added.
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`With respect to all amendments, Applicant has not dedicated or abandoned any
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`unclaimed subject matter. Moreover, Applicant has not acquiesced to any characterizations
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`of the invention, nor any rejections or objections of the claims, made by the Examiner.
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`Moreover, the Applicant hereby rescinds any prior disclaimer of claim scope, to the extent
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`they exist, made during the prosecution of this application or made during the prosecution of
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`any patent or other related patents/applications, and advises the Examiner that any such
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`previous disclaimers and the cited references that they were made to avoid may need to be
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`revisited.
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`REMARKS CONCERNING REJECTIONS UNDER 35 U.S.C. 112
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`REJECTION OF CLAIMS 1-9 UNDER 35 U.S.C. 112(B) AS BEING INDEEINITE EOR
`FAILING To PARTICULARLY POINT OUT AND DISTINCTLY CLAIM THE SUBJECT
`MATTER
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`Claim 1 has been amended to overcome the indefiniteness. The rejection should be
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`Withdrawn.
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