Thinkpad E431 BATTERY ISSUES capacity dropped to 45% in 1 Year

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I have attached the screenshots of Power Manager in Advanced Mode
Note that - Design capacity is listed as 52 Whr but thats not true, it is 62 Whr (as mentioned on Laptop Box when received and also written on the battery itself) I have also attached the battery pics to justify it.
Also in Power Manager the Full Charge Capacity is listed 29 Whr which is not even 50% of its capacity.
I TRIED RESETTING THE BATTERY GAUGE, BUT IT ONLY INCREASED THE PROBLEM BY FURTHER REDUCING THE CHARGE CAPACITY (from 31 to 29 Whr)
Lastly the battery backup is worst - it hardly lasts 1 hour
And the most important thing - all this happened in last couple of weeks (I understand that battery looses its capacity over time but this is a sudden change which means something is faulty)
I TRIED EVERY POSSIBLE SOLUTION LIKE UPDATING BIOS, FIRMWARE AND SOFTWARE BUT NOTHING WORKED FOR ME
My system details are as follows
Serial No - Pxxxxxx
Model No - 62774UQ
Battery Barcode - 11S45N1054Z1ZKG83670RW
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