Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Joby Aero Inc.

25 pending office actions • 15 art units • 25 examiners • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

25
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)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.

13
Hard (52%)
10
Medium (40%)
2
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other9 (36%)
§103 only9 (36%)
Double-patenting only2 (8%)
Double-patenting + other1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (16%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
8% of docket
14
Mechanical / Eng
56% of docket
8
Business / Other
32% 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.

250 h
Manual time on pending OAs
50 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
88 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WHALEN, MICHAEL F 1 64.4% +19.0%
BADAWI, MEDHAT 1 81.6% +12.8%
LINHARDT, LAURA E 1 69.9% +20.1%
SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO 1 44.9% +14.2%
CODUROGLU, JALAL C 1 85.7% +7.5%
LOUIE, WAE LENNY 1 84.8% +7.8%
GUILIANO, CHARLES A 1 37.3% +37.6%
MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S 1 26.3% +33.7%
MIRZA, ADNAN M 1 84.5% +9.6%
VAZIRI, MASOUD 1 73.3% +6.5%

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
18972265 System and Method for Yaw Moment Control MIRZA, ADNAN M 3d overdue
19077954 Vehicle Cabin Thermal Management System and Method CODUROGLU, JALAL C
19029089 Network System Including Drones LOUIE, WAE LENNY

Hard Cases (13)

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
17523961 Systems and Methods for Multi-Modal Transportation Simulation Verification WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 44d overdue
18907029 Vehicle Request Coordination System for Multi-Client Computing Ecosystem KIRK, BRYAN J 43d overdue
19224914 System And Method For Controlling A VTOL Aircraft Using Differing Blade Angle of Attack Regimes With Different Lift Coefficient Curves BADAWI, MEDHAT
19207745 Unmanned Aircraft Control Using Engine Torque Control System LINHARDT, LAURA E
19202878 Contingency Planning SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO
19003914 Periodic Vertiport Usage and Capacity Data Exchange GUILIANO, CHARLES A
18984456 Systems and Methods for Providing Aircraft Sensory Cues MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S
18955565 ELECTRIC MOTOR CONFIGURATION CHANG, MINKI

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19246832 Vehicle Autonomy Architecture WHALEN, MICHAEL F
19224914 System And Method For Controlling A VTOL Aircraft Using Differing Blade Angle of Attack Regimes With Different Lift Coefficient Curves BADAWI, MEDHAT
19207745 Unmanned Aircraft Control Using Engine Torque Control System LINHARDT, LAURA E
19202878 Contingency Planning SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO
19003914 Periodic Vertiport Usage and Capacity Data Exchange GUILIANO, CHARLES A
18984456 Systems and Methods for Providing Aircraft Sensory Cues MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3628 2
3662 2
3661 1
3642 1
3663 1
3623 1
3667 1
3666 1
3648 1
3656 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19246832 Vehicle Autonomy Architecture WHALEN, MICHAEL F 3661 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 24, 2025
19224914 System And Method For Controlling A VTOL Aircraft Using Differing Blade Angle of Attack Regimes With Different Lift Coefficient Curves BADAWI, MEDHAT 3642 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 02, 2025
19207745 Unmanned Aircraft Control Using Engine Torque Control System LINHARDT, LAURA E §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2025
19202878 Contingency Planning SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO 3663 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2025
19077954 Vehicle Cabin Thermal Management System and Method CODUROGLU, JALAL C §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 12, 2025
19029089 Network System Including Drones LOUIE, WAE LENNY DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
19003914 Periodic Vertiport Usage and Capacity Data Exchange GUILIANO, CHARLES A 3623 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2024
18984456 Systems and Methods for Providing Aircraft Sensory Cues MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2024
18972265 System and Method for Yaw Moment Control MIRZA, ADNAN M 3667 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2024
18955559 ELECTRIC MOTOR CONFIGURATION VAZIRI, MASOUD §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2024
18955565 ELECTRIC MOTOR CONFIGURATION CHANG, MINKI §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2024
18946434 Systems and Methods for Facilitating Aerial Vehicle Services CLARE, MARK C 3628 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2024
18919901 Systems and Methods for Transferring Aircraft SMITH, JORDAN T 3666 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 18, 2024
18906878 ELECTRIC MOTOR WITH LIGHTWEIGHT MAGNETIC ROTOR GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2024
18907029 Vehicle Request Coordination System for Multi-Client Computing Ecosystem KIRK, BRYAN J 3628 §101§103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2024
18891776 Avionic System with Pseudolite-Based Positioning ZHU, NOAH YI MIN 3648 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18654533 Systems and Methods for Assigning and Deploying Aircraft into Skylanes INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 3662 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2024
18654607 Systems and Methods for Dynamic Determination of Skylanes for Aircraft Routing and Travel COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN 3662 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 03, 2024
18654629 Systems and Methods for Dynamic Updating of Skylanes for Aircraft Routing and Travel PECHE, JORGE O 3656 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending May 03, 2024
18403874 Time Varying Loudness Prediction System NGUYEN, STEVEN VU 3668 §103 Final Rejection 57d Pending Jan 04, 2024
18506783 Dynamic Tracking and Coordination of Multi-leg Transportation GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE 3625 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 10, 2023
18503498 HYDROGEN RECIRCULATION TURBOCHARGER RAYMOND, BRITTANY L §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2023
18141461 Solid Motor Coils And Motors Using Same ELNAKIB, AHMED 2834 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 30, 2023
17542034 REDUNDANT RESOLVER SCHINDLER, DAVID M 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Dec 03, 2021
17523961 Systems and Methods for Multi-Modal Transportation Simulation Verification WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 2188 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Nov 11, 2021

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