Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Archer Aviation Inc.

18 pending office actions • 11 art units • 16 examiners • 5 of 18 (28%) have an AI response strategy ready • 65 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)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.

9
Hard (50%)
7
Medium (39%)
2
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (11%)
§103 only5 (28%)
§102 only2 (11%)
§112 only2 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (39%)

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
1
Communications
6% of docket
3
Semiconductors
17% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
61% of docket
3
Business / Other
17% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHOWDHURI, SWARNA N 2 76.9% +20.5%
DANGOL, ASHESH 2 69.7% +50.1%
SHAIKH, FARIS ASIM 1 69.5% +21.7%
BENEDIK, JUSTIN M 1 86.0% +10.4%
MANCHO, RONNIE M 1 75.9% +2.1%
ALAM, NAEEM TASLIM 1 84.1% +10.4%
LY, XUAN 1 85.2% +6.5%
GILLENWATERS, JACKSON N 1 82.8% +12.6%
ENGLISH, PETER C 1 31.8% +25.7%
XAVIER, VALENTINA 1 74.7% +8.4%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19429173 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT FUNCTION PRIORITIZATION AND ALLOCATION BENEDIK, JUSTIN M
19254793 AIRCRAFT COMPONENT LONGEVITY ALAM, NAEEM TASLIM
19217420 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOW VOLTAGE WIRING FOR EVTOL AIRCRAFT LY, XUAN

Hard Cases (9)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18669668 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL MARGIN DISPLAY FOR EVTOL AIRCRAFT SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 66d overdue
18551833 COOLING FOR AN ELECTRIC DRIVE OF AN AIRCRAFT KENERLY, TERRANCE L 4d overdue
17955103 VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT DANGOL, ASHESH 43d
19205954 PROPROTOR HUB FOR AN AIRCRAFT GILLENWATERS, JACKSON N
19081768 TILT ACTUATOR FOR AIRCRAFT ENGLISH, PETER C
18619559 FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VTOL AIRCRAFT DANGOL, ASHESH
18218470 FAIL-OPERATIONAL VTOL AIRCRAFT IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU
17968084 Systems and Methods for Monitoring Energy System Performance of a Vehicle ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF

Interview Candidates (9)

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
19048326 BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND CONTROL METHODS CHOWDHURI, SWARNA N 14d
17955103 VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT DANGOL, ASHESH 43d
19432849 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR BATTERY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE SHAIKH, FARIS ASIM
19429173 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT FUNCTION PRIORITIZATION AND ALLOCATION BENEDIK, JUSTIN M
19254793 AIRCRAFT COMPONENT LONGEVITY ALAM, NAEEM TASLIM
19205954 PROPROTOR HUB FOR AN AIRCRAFT GILLENWATERS, JACKSON N
19081768 TILT ACTUATOR FOR AIRCRAFT ENGLISH, PETER C
19048285 SYSTEMS AND ARCHITECTURES FOR CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE CHOWDHURI, SWARNA N

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3642 5
2836 2
3668 1
3657 1
3745 1
3993 1
2667 1
3663 1
2834 1
3741 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19432849 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR BATTERY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE SHAIKH, FARIS ASIM 3668 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 24, 2025
19429173 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT FUNCTION PRIORITIZATION AND ALLOCATION BENEDIK, JUSTIN M 3642 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2025
19424055 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINE THERMAL OPTIMIZATION MANCHO, RONNIE M 3657 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2025
19254793 AIRCRAFT COMPONENT LONGEVITY ALAM, NAEEM TASLIM §112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 30, 2025
19217420 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOW VOLTAGE WIRING FOR EVTOL AIRCRAFT LY, XUAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2025
19205954 PROPROTOR HUB FOR AN AIRCRAFT GILLENWATERS, JACKSON N 3745 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 12, 2025
19081768 TILT ACTUATOR FOR AIRCRAFT ENGLISH, PETER C 3993 §102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 17, 2025
19075519 Cable Tilt Actuator for an Aircraft XAVIER, VALENTINA 3642 §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 10, 2025
19048285 SYSTEMS AND ARCHITECTURES FOR CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE CHOWDHURI, SWARNA N 2836 §103 Final Rejection AI Ready Feb 07, 2025
19048326 BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND CONTROL METHODS CHOWDHURI, SWARNA N 2836 §103 Non-Final OA 14d AI Ready Feb 07, 2025
18976107 Systems and Methods for Active-Light Based Precision Localization of Aircrafts In GPS-Denied Environments SHERALI, ISHRAT I 2667 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 10, 2024
18669668 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL MARGIN DISPLAY FOR EVTOL AIRCRAFT SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 3663 §103§112 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending May 21, 2024
18619559 FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VTOL AIRCRAFT DANGOL, ASHESH 3642 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18551833 COOLING FOR AN ELECTRIC DRIVE OF AN AIRCRAFT KENERLY, TERRANCE L 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue AI Ready Sep 21, 2023
18218470 FAIL-OPERATIONAL VTOL AIRCRAFT IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU 3741 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 05, 2023
17968084 Systems and Methods for Monitoring Energy System Performance of a Vehicle ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF 3667 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 18, 2022
17955103 VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT DANGOL, ASHESH 3642 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 43d AI Ready Sep 28, 2022
17673962 BATTERY AIRCRAFT INTEGRATION BONZELL, PHILIP J 3642 §102§103 Non-Final OA AI Ready Feb 17, 2022

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