Interference No. 103,669 PATE, Administrative Patent Judge. FINAL DECISION UNDER 37 CFR § 1.658 This is a final decision pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.658 in Interference No. 103,669. The subject matter is directed to a tool for manually loading cartridges in a firearm maga- zine. The tool consists of a band sized to encircle the wearer’s thumb and a projection extending from the band for engaging a cartridge already present in the magazine. The count in interference reads as follows: A device for manually loading cartridges into a magazine which is adapted to receive a plurality of cartridges in stacked rela- tion there within [sic] said magazine hav- ing an opening for receiving said cartridges and means for biasing said cartridges toward said opening, said device comprising: a band configured in size and shape for placement on a thumb of one hand for loading said magazine with said cartridges when said magazine is gripped by said one hand, and a projection integrally associated with said band and extending from an outer surface of said band for engagement of a top one of said cartridges previously loaded into said magazine; 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007