Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
20 pending office actions • 14 art units • 20 examiners • 2 of 20 (10%) have an AI response strategy ready • 66 patents granted in the last 365 days
Archer Aviation Inc. is currently managing 21 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This portfolio of 21 pending actions indicates a significant and active effort to protect its aviation and mechanical innovations. The company's focus on Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems is central to its development of advanced flight technologies and its overall intellectual property strategy.
The prosecution of these applications is distributed among 21 distinct examiners and 15 distinct art units. Notably, with 21 pending office actions and 21 distinct examiners, every single pending case is being handled by a different individual. The involvement of 15 distinct art units suggests that while the examiners are all different, they are clustered within a relatively small number of specialized departments, which may lead to some overlap in examination themes.
BONZELL, PHILIP J is identified as the busiest examiner, though this examiner only has 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because every examiner has at most 1 pending action, the workload is perfectly distributed across the 21 distinct examiners. This lack of concentration means that no single examiner's tendencies dominate the 21 total pending office actions, requiring the company to manage 21 separate examiner relationships across 15 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 3 (15%) |
| §103 only | 9 (45%) |
| §102 only | 2 (10%) |
| §112 only | 2 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BONZELL, PHILIP J | 1 | 78.5% | +12.3% |
| AFRIN, NAZIA | 1 | 39.3% | +18.8% |
| BARBEE, MANUEL L | 1 | 81.7% | +13.9% |
| TESSEMA, BESUFEKAD LEMMA | 1 | 47.6% | -7.1% |
| SHAIKH, FARIS ASIM | 1 | 69.5% | +19.5% |
| BENEDIK, JUSTIN M | 1 | 86.0% | +10.5% |
| LEE, DANIEL H. | 1 | 70.6% | +25.3% |
| MANCHO, RONNIE M | 1 | 76.0% | +2.2% |
| O'MALLEY, JOHN MARTIN | 1 | 56.3% | +62.5% |
| GMOSER, WILLIAM L | 1 | 78.4% | +28.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19429173 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT FUNCTION PRIORITIZATION AND ALLOCATION | BENEDIK, JUSTIN M | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19432845 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR BATTERY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE | BARBEE, MANUEL L | — |
| 19205954 | PROPROTOR HUB FOR AN AIRCRAFT | GILLENWATERS, JACKSON N | — |
| 19081768 | TILT ACTUATOR FOR AIRCRAFT | ENGLISH, PETER C | — |
| 18705361 | BATTERY CELL COMPRISING DEGASSING CHANNELS AND/OR PATHS OF WEAKNESS | SERVAGNO, SANTINO MICHALE | — |
| 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 | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19271200 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIFTER MOTOR COOLING IN EVTOL AIRCRAFT | GMOSER, WILLIAM L | 7d |
| 19571415 | AERODYNAMIC DESIGN OF PROPELLER BLADES IN VTOL AIRCRAFT | BONZELL, PHILIP J | — |
| 19534329 | AIRCRAFT CONTROL | AFRIN, NAZIA | — |
| 19432845 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR BATTERY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE | BARBEE, MANUEL L | — |
| 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 | — |
| 19429805 | THERMAL BARRIER COMPONENT FOR BATTERY ASSEMBLY AND BATTERY ASSEMBLY | LEE, DANIEL H. | — |
| 19403521 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT LOAD ALLEVIATION | O'MALLEY, JOHN MARTIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3642 | 3 |
| 1746 | 2 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 3665 | 1 |
| 3668 | 1 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| 3647 | 1 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19571415 | AERODYNAMIC DESIGN OF PROPELLER BLADES IN VTOL AIRCRAFT | BONZELL, PHILIP J | 3642 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2026 |
| 19534329 | AIRCRAFT CONTROL | AFRIN, NAZIA | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2026 |
| 19432845 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR BATTERY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE | BARBEE, MANUEL L | 2857 | §101§102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2025 |
| 19432833 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR BATTERY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE | TESSEMA, BESUFEKAD LEMMA | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2025 |
| 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 |
| 19429805 | THERMAL BARRIER COMPONENT FOR BATTERY ASSEMBLY AND BATTERY ASSEMBLY | LEE, DANIEL H. | 1746 | §103 | 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 |
| 19403521 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT LOAD ALLEVIATION | O'MALLEY, JOHN MARTIN | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2025 |
| 19271200 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIFTER MOTOR COOLING IN EVTOL AIRCRAFT | GMOSER, WILLIAM L | 3647 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | AI Ready | Jul 16, 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 |
| 19048285 | SYSTEMS AND ARCHITECTURES FOR CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE | CHOWDHURI, SWARNA N | 2836 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | AI Ready | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 18705361 | BATTERY CELL COMPRISING DEGASSING CHANNELS AND/OR PATHS OF WEAKNESS | SERVAGNO, SANTINO MICHALE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18619559 | FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VTOL AIRCRAFT | DANGOL, ASHESH | 3642 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18494985 | METHOD OF FABRICATING A PRE-LITHIATED ELECTRODE AND LITHIUM-ION BATTERY CELL | KHANAL, ARTI | 1746 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 26, 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§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2022 |
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