Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
The New Ways B.V. holds a company patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio includes 2 pending office actions. These are being processed within 1 distinct art unit. Both actions are assigned to 1 distinct examiner, JORDAN, RONNIE KIRBY, who serves as the busiest examiner for the company. This individual is responsible for the 2 busiest examiner pending actions.
Having the busiest examiner pending actions under 1 distinct examiner means that the entirety of the company's active prosecution is subject to the review of JORDAN, RONNIE KIRBY. This structure in the 1 distinct art unit suggests a technical focus within the Chemistry & Materials field. For The New Ways B.V., the success of its intellectual property strategy depends on the outcomes of the interactions with the examiner. This approach simplifies the management of the portfolio but increases the impact of the examiner's interpretation. Practitioners should note that the company's patent trajectory is concentrated, with no diversification across different examiners. The 2 pending office actions represent the total active engagement for the company. The 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner define the current scope of the portfolio.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| JORDAN, RONNIE KIRBY | 2 | 68.3% | +17.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18360686 | Plugged Cigarette, Cigarette Shell and Method of Producing a Plugged Cigarette | JORDAN, RONNIE KIRBY | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18360686 | Plugged Cigarette, Cigarette Shell and Method of Producing a Plugged Cigarette | JORDAN, RONNIE KIRBY | — |
| 18349618 | Plugged Cigarette, Cigarette Shell and Method of Producing a Plugged Cigarette | JORDAN, RONNIE KIRBY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1747 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18360686 | Plugged Cigarette, Cigarette Shell and Method of Producing a Plugged Cigarette | JORDAN, RONNIE KIRBY | 1747 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 |
| 18349618 | Plugged Cigarette, Cigarette Shell and Method of Producing a Plugged Cigarette | JORDAN, RONNIE KIRBY | 1747 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialThe New Ways B.V. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Ronnie Kirby Jordan has the most, with 2 of The New Ways B.V.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
