STEITZ V. BENTLEY - Page 2




          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;                             


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