Application No.: TBD
`Amdt date September 25, 2023
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`Amendments to the Claims:
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`This listing of claims will replace all prior versions, and listings, of claims in the application:
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`Listing of Claims:
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`(Original) A secondary battery comprising:
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`a case that has one side open to form an opening;
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`an electrode assembly that includesafirst electrode plate accommodatedin the
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`case and having a first electrode substrate tab disposed on one side of the casein the
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`longitudinal direction, a second electrode plate having a second electrode substrate tab
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`disposed on the other side in the longitudinal direction of the case, and a separator
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`interposed betweenthe first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, and is wound
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`or stacked: and
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`a cap assembly including a cap plate coupled to the opening of the case, a first
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`current collecting part and a second current collecting part respectively includingafirst
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`current collector and a second current collector disposed in parallel with the upper end of
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`the lengthwise direction of the electrode assembly and respectively electrically connected
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`to the first electrode substrate tab and the second electrode substrate tab, a first terminal
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`part and a second terminal part respectively electrically connected to the first current
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`collecting part and the second current collecting part, and a plurality of insulation
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`members coupled to at least one of the cap plate, the first current collector and the second
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`current collector, and the first terminal part and the second terminal part,
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`Amendments to the Claims:
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`This listing of claims will replace all prior versions, and listings, of claims in the application:
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`Listing of Claims:
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`1.
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`(Original) A secondary battery comprising:
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`a case that has one side open to form an opening;
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`an electrode assembly that includesafirst electrode plate accommodatedin the
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`case and having a first electrode substrate tab disposed on one side of the casein the
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`longitudinal direction, a second electrode plate having a second electrode substrate tab
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`disposed on the other side in the longitudinal direction of the case, and a separator
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`interposed betweenthe first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, and is wound
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`or stacked: and
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`a cap assembly including a cap plate coupled to the opening of the case, a first
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`current collecting part and a second current collecting part respectively includingafirst
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`current collector and a second current collector disposed in parallel with the upper end of
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`the lengthwise direction of the electrode assembly and respectively electrically connected
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`to the first electrode substrate tab and the second electrode substrate tab, a first terminal
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`part and a second terminal part respectively electrically connected to the first current
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`collecting part and the second current collecting part, and a plurality of insulation
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`members coupled to at least one of the cap plate, the first current collector and the second
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`current collector, and the first terminal part and the second terminal part,
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`wherein the first current collecting part further comprises a sub-plate that
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`electrically connects the first current collector and the first substrate tab, the second
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`current collecting part further comprises a sub-plate that electrically connects the second
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`current collector and the second substrate tab, and at least one of the sub-plates of the
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`first current collecting part and the second current collecting part is partially or wholly
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`made of a material having lower resistance than the first current collector or the second
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`current collector.
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`2.
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`(Original) The secondary battery as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the first
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`current collecting part further comprises a connection plate electrically connected to the
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`first current collector and having one end bentin a direction of the first substrate tab,
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`and the sub-plate is electrically connected to the connection plate and the first substrate
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`tab; and
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`the second current collecting part further comprises a connection plate
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`electrically connected to the second current collector and having one end bent in a
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`direction of the second substrate tab, and the sub-plate is electrically connected to the
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`connection plate and the second substrate tab.
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`3.
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`(Original) The secondary battery as claimed in claim 2, wherein the sub-
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`plate of the first current collecting part comprises a first connection part electrically
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`connected to the connection plate and a second connection part electrically connected to
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`the first substrate tab, and the sub-plate of the second current collecting part comprises
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`a first connection part electrically connected to the connection plate and a second
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`connection part electrically connected to the second substrate tab.
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`4.
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`(Original) The secondary battery as claimed in claim 3, wherein one end
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`of the connection plate and the first connection part of the sub-plate is welded to each
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`other, the second connection part and the first substrate tab of the first current collecting
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`part is welded to each other, and the second connection part and the second substrate
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`tab of the second current collecting part is welded to each other..
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`5.
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`(Original) The secondary battery as claimed in claim 4, wherein a heat
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`generation preventing part is provided between a welding spotof the first connection
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`part and a first welding spot of the second connection part adjacentto the first
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`connection part.
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`6.
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`(Original) The secondary battery as claimed in claim 5, wherein the heat
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`generation preventing part is a material having lower resistance than thefirst current
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`collector or the second current collector or is a clad metal.
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`t.
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`(Original) The secondary battery as claimedin claim 3, wherein a welded
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`portion of the connection plate and the sub-plate is disposed closer to the bottom surface
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`of the case than to the top of the electrode assembly.
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`8.
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`(Original) The secondary battery as claimed in claim 3, wherein in the
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`sub-plate, the second connection part is bent toward the electrode assembly from the
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`first connection part, and the bent portion is disposed closer to the bottom surface of the
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`case than the upper end of the electrode assembly.
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`9.
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`(Original) The secondary battery as claimed in claim 8, wherein in the
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`second connection part, a plate surface facing the electrode assembly is disposed on
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`the same plane as a plate surface of the connection plate facing the electrode
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`assembly.
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`10.
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`(Original) The secondary battery as claimed in claim 8, wherein in the
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`second connection part, a plate surface facing the electrode assembly is disposed
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`closer to the electrode assembly than a plate surface of the connection plate facing the
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`electrode assembly.
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`11.
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`(Currently Amended) The secondarybattery as claimed in claim 9 er,
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`wherein the second connection part has a welding groove concavely formed on the
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`plate surface facing the case.
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`12.
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`(Original) The secondary battery as claimed in claim 2, wherein a
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`thicknessofthe first current collector or the second current collector is greater than that
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`of the connection plate and the sub-plate.
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`13.
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`(Original) The secondary battery as claimed in claim 12, wherein the
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`thicknessof the first current collector or the second current collector is 4 to 5 times the
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`thickness of the connection plate and the sub-plate.
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`14.
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`(Original) A secondary battery comprising:
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`an electrode assembly;
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`a case accommodating the electrode assembly; and
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`a cap assembly coupled to the case and includingafirst current collector and a
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`second current collector electrically connected to the electrode assembly and disposed
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`parallel to the upper end of the electrode assembly,
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`wherein the cap assembly further comprises a pair of sub-plates electrically
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`connecting the first current collector and the second current collector to the electrode
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`assembly, respectively, and at least one of the sub-plates is made of a material having
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`lower resistance than the first current collector or the second current collector.
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`15.
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`(Original) Tne secondary battery as claimed in claim 14, wherein the cap
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`assembly comprises:
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`a cap plate coupled to the case;
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`a first current collecting part having the sub-plate electrically connected toafirst
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`substrate tab provided on the first electrode plate of the electrode assembly, and a
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`connection plate electrically connected to the first current collector and the sub-plate;
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`a second current collecting part having the sub-plate electrically connected to a
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`second substrate tab provided on the second electrode plate of the electrode assembly,
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`and a connection plate electrically connected to the second current collector and the
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`sub-plate;
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`a first terminal part having a first terminal pin coupled to and electrically
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`connected to the first current collector and a first terminal plate coupled to and
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`electrically connected to the first terminal pin;
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`a second terminal part having a second terminal pin coupled to and electrically
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`connected to the second current collector, a second terminal plate coupled to and
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`electrically connected to the second terminal pin, and a conductive plate; and
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`an insulation member made of an insulating material provided between the cap
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`plate and the first current collector, between the first current collector and the electrode
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`assembly, between the second current collector and the electrode assembly, between
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`the first terminal pin and the second terminal pin and the cap plate.
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`16.
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`(Original) The secondary battery as claimed in claim 15, wherein the
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`connection plate has one end disposedparallel to the first current collector or the
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`second current collector and the other end bent toward the electrode assembly, and the
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`sub-plate is welded to the bent end.
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`17.
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`(Original) The secondary battery as claimed in claim 16, wherein the sub-
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`plate comprisesa first connection part welded to the connection plate, and a second
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`connection part bent toward the electrode assembly from the first connection part and
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`electrically connected to the electrode assembly.
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`18.
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`(Original) The secondary battery as claimed in claim 17, wherein a heat
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`generation preventing part is provided between a welding spotof the first connection
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`part and a first welding spot of the second connection part adjacentto the first
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`connection part.
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`19.
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`(Original) The secondary battery as claimed in claim 18, wherein the heat
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`generation preventing part is plated with a material having lower resistance than the first
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`current collector or the second current collector or is a clad metal.
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