Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Archer Aviation, Inc.

8 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 7 of 8 (88%) have an AI response strategy ready • 64 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
8
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (75%)
§102 only2 (25%)

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
2
Semiconductors
25% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
75% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DANGOL, ASHESH 2 69.3% +48.1%
GMOSER, WILLIAM L 1 77.9% +29.9%
ZOHOORI, COLIN NAYSAN MISHA 1 71.0% +27.5%
CHOWDHURI, SWARNA N 1 76.2% +21.5%
SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 1 31.3% +20.3%
ZAMORA ALVAREZ, ERIC J 1 88.4% +21.6%
KENERLY, TERRANCE L 1 73.5% +15.3%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18685374 Proprotor Blade Retention System ZAMORA ALVAREZ, ERIC J 3d overdue

Interview Candidates (8)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19237743 VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT DANGOL, ASHESH 118d overdue
18669668 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL MARGIN DISPLAY FOR EVTOL AIRCRAFT SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 66d overdue
19243646 STALL-RESISTANT OUTBOARD WING FOR AIRCRAFT ZOHOORI, COLIN NAYSAN MISHA 31d overdue
18551833 COOLING FOR AN ELECTRIC DRIVE OF AN AIRCRAFT KENERLY, TERRANCE L 4d overdue
18685374 Proprotor Blade Retention System ZAMORA ALVAREZ, ERIC J 3d overdue
19271200 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIFTER MOTOR COOLING IN EVTOL AIRCRAFT GMOSER, WILLIAM L 7d
19048326 BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND CONTROL METHODS CHOWDHURI, SWARNA N 14d
17955103 VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT DANGOL, ASHESH 43d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3642 3
3647 1
2836 1
3663 1
3745 1
2834 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19271200 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIFTER MOTOR COOLING IN EVTOL AIRCRAFT GMOSER, WILLIAM L 3647 §103 Non-Final OA 7d AI Ready Jul 16, 2025
19243646 STALL-RESISTANT OUTBOARD WING FOR AIRCRAFT ZOHOORI, COLIN NAYSAN MISHA 3642 §102 Non-Final OA 31d overdue AI Ready Jun 19, 2025
19237743 VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT DANGOL, ASHESH 3642 §103 Final Rejection 118d overdue AI Ready Jun 13, 2025
19048326 BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND CONTROL METHODS CHOWDHURI, SWARNA N 2836 §103 Non-Final OA 14d AI Ready Feb 07, 2025
18669668 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL MARGIN DISPLAY FOR EVTOL AIRCRAFT SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending May 21, 2024
18685374 Proprotor Blade Retention System ZAMORA ALVAREZ, ERIC J 3745 §102 Non-Final OA 3d overdue AI Ready Feb 21, 2024
18551833 COOLING FOR AN ELECTRIC DRIVE OF AN AIRCRAFT KENERLY, TERRANCE L 2834 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue AI Ready Sep 21, 2023
17955103 VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT DANGOL, ASHESH 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 43d AI Ready Sep 28, 2022

Managing Archer Aviation, Inc.'s Patent Portfolio?

IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.

Start Free Trial

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month