Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Sano Development Limited

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Sano Development Limited has 3 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters are assigned to 3 distinct examiners but to 1 distinct art unit, indicating concentrated art-unit handling with distributed examiner responsibility.

KENNY, DANIEL J is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Because the art-unit assignment is shared across the docket, counsel can use art-unit practice as a common procedural reference while treating examiner-specific positions separately. The limited docket also supports direct review of each pending response and its relationship to the other matters.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

3
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KATCHEVES, BASIL S 1 72.4% +17.2%
KENNY, DANIEL J 1 61.8% +21.6%
AGUDELO, PAOLA 1 76.9% +17.1%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18997470 MODULAR BUILDING UNIT, BUILDING SYSTEM, BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS KATCHEVES, BASIL S —
18997467 MODULAR BUILDING UNIT, BUILDING SYSTEM, BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS KENNY, DANIEL J —
18709723 HYBRID BUILDING SYSTEM, BUILDING AND METHOD AGUDELO, PAOLA —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18997470 MODULAR BUILDING UNIT, BUILDING SYSTEM, BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS KATCHEVES, BASIL S —
18997467 MODULAR BUILDING UNIT, BUILDING SYSTEM, BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS KENNY, DANIEL J —
18709723 HYBRID BUILDING SYSTEM, BUILDING AND METHOD AGUDELO, PAOLA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3633 3

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18997470 MODULAR BUILDING UNIT, BUILDING SYSTEM, BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS KATCHEVES, BASIL S 3633 §102§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 21, 2025
18997467 MODULAR BUILDING UNIT, BUILDING SYSTEM, BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS KENNY, DANIEL J 3633 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 21, 2025
18709723 HYBRID BUILDING SYSTEM, BUILDING AND METHOD AGUDELO, PAOLA 3633 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 13, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Sano Development Limited have?

Sano Development Limited has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 3 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Sano Development Limited applications?

Basil S Katcheves has the most, with 1 of Sano Development Limited's pending office actions.

What technology area are Sano Development Limited's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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