Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Joby Aero Inc.

14 pending office actions • 11 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 42 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
4
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (4)

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.

1
Hard (7%)
13
Medium (93%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (7%)
§103 only13 (93%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
7% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
93% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SIMPSON, DIONE N 2 33.1% +34.4%
XAVIER, VALENTINA 1 74.8% +9.2%
SINGLETARY, TYRONE E 1 29.8% +27.7%
MIRZA, ADNAN M 1 84.9% +9.5%
KIRK, BRYAN J 1 33.6% +44.1%
INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 1 68.4% +36.6%
PARK, CHANMIN 1 44.9% +20.1%
NGUYEN, STEVEN VU 1 78.3% +9.3%
MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE 1 45.2% +33.9%
HINTON, HENRY R 1 76.6% +31.4%

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
18972265 System and Method for Yaw Moment Control MIRZA, ADNAN M 3d overdue

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17461212 Efficient VTOL Resource Management in an Aviation Transport Network SIMPSON, DIONE N 127d overdue
19029301 Determining VTOL Departure Time in an Aviation Transport Network for Efficient Resource Management SINGLETARY, TYRONE E 28d

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
17461212 Efficient VTOL Resource Management in an Aviation Transport Network SIMPSON, DIONE N 127d overdue
18907029 Vehicle Request Coordination System for Multi-Client Computing Ecosystem KIRK, BRYAN J 43d overdue
18471732 Routing Based on Vehicle Characteristics MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE 14d
18449476 Battery-Based Aircraft Performance and Operations HINTON, HENRY R 14d
19029301 Determining VTOL Departure Time in an Aviation Transport Network for Efficient Resource Management SINGLETARY, TYRONE E 28d
18645983 Dynamic Vertiport Configuration PARK, CHANMIN 40d
19083002 Systems and Methods for Optimizing Multi-Modal Transportation SIMPSON, DIONE N 47d
18654533 Systems and Methods for Assigning and Deploying Aircraft into Skylanes INSERRA, MADISON RENEE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3628 3
3663 2
3642 1
3625 1
3667 1
3662 1
3661 1
3668 1
3665 1
3666 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19083002 Systems and Methods for Optimizing Multi-Modal Transportation SIMPSON, DIONE N 3628 §103 Final Rejection 47d Pending Mar 18, 2025
19043465 Oblique Flying Wing Aircraft With Internal Propulsion XAVIER, VALENTINA 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Feb 01, 2025
19029301 Determining VTOL Departure Time in an Aviation Transport Network for Efficient Resource Management SINGLETARY, TYRONE E 3625 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jan 17, 2025
18972265 System and Method for Yaw Moment Control MIRZA, ADNAN M 3667 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2024
18907029 Vehicle Request Coordination System for Multi-Client Computing Ecosystem KIRK, BRYAN J 3628 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2024
18654533 Systems and Methods for Assigning and Deploying Aircraft into Skylanes INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 3662 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2024
18645983 Dynamic Vertiport Configuration PARK, CHANMIN 3661 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Apr 25, 2024
18403874 Time Varying Loudness Prediction System NGUYEN, STEVEN VU 3668 §103 Final Rejection 57d Pending Jan 04, 2024
18471732 Routing Based on Vehicle Characteristics MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE 3663 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Sep 21, 2023
18449476 Battery-Based Aircraft Performance and Operations HINTON, HENRY R 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 14, 2023
18302543 AIRCRAFT CONTROL WITH SCHEDULED ANGLE OF ATTACK BAAJOUR, SHAHIRA 3666 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Apr 18, 2023
17523961 Systems and Methods for Multi-Modal Transportation Simulation Verification WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 2188 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Nov 11, 2021
17461212 Efficient VTOL Resource Management in an Aviation Transport Network SIMPSON, DIONE N 3628 §101 Non-Final OA 127d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2021
17314680 Systems and Methods for Facilitating Climate Control for Aerial Vehicles REIDY, SEAN PATRICK 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending May 07, 2021

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