Appeal No. 2004-1101 Application No. 09/262,325 wherein said coiled electrode comprises an elongated positive electrode, and elongated negative electrode, and a separator, said positive electrode and negative electrode separated by the separator and wound so that the positive electrode forms an outermost electrode of the coil; wherein said positive electrode comprises a positive-electrode mix layer and a positive-electrode collector made of a metallic foil having a first surface, a second surface, an outermost end, and an innermost end; wherein said positive-electrode mix layer is not formed on either the first or second surface of the positive electrode collector at the outermost end of the positive electrode collector; wherein said positive-electrode mix layer is formed on either but not both of the first or second surfaces of the positive electrode collector at a position adjacent to the outermost end of the positive electrode collector; wherein said positive-electrode mix layer is formed on both the first and second surface of the positive electrode collector on at least a portion of the positive electrode collector; wherein said negative electrode comprises a negative-electrode mix layer containing a negative- electrode material which permits lithium ions to be doped/dedoped and a negative-electrode collector made of a metallic foil having a first surface, a second surface, an outermost end, and an innermost end; wherein said negative-electrode mix layer is not formed on either the first or second surface of the negative electrode collector at the outermost end of the negative electrode collector; wherein said negative-electrode mix layer material is formed on both the first and second surface of the negative electrode collector on at 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007