Where does Archer Aviation Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Archer Aviation Inc. ranks #4,178 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Archer Aviation Inc. hold?

Archer Aviation Inc. holds 85 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is Archer Aviation Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Archer Aviation Inc. has an Innovation Score of 70.4 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Archer Aviation Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Archer Aviation Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Archer Aviation Inc.'s patents?

Archer Aviation Inc.'s patents average 26.6 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Archer Aviation Inc. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Archer Aviation Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Archer Aviation Inc. focus on?

Archer Aviation Inc.'s top technology area is B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft) with 71 patents, ranking #43 of 799 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 85 granted patents across 32 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Archer ranks #4,178 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 85 patents across 32 technology areas.

#4,178
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (70.4/100): 26.6
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4178 · US Corporation #4,178 · 85 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 85 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,178/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Accton Technology
CPC-FOCUS B64D · 32 areas
INNOV-STRONG 70.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Accton Technology Corporation (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Archer’s 70.4 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 15.4 pts (22%) Velocity 20.0 pts (28%) Breadth 20.0 pts (28%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
HL Klemove · near

70
Lutron Technology · near

70
Archer Aviation · this assignee

70
SOCIÉTÉ BIC · near

70
GD Midea Air-conditi… · near

70
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Archer's Innovation Score is 70.4/100 (top 1% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Archer?

Each dot is one of Archer’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Archer’s own 26.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Archer vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Archer's grants concentrate

Archer Aviation Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 83.5% of grants classified under B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (29 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, Archer sits between United Therapeutics Corporation and Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co., Ltd..

Archer's three-year grant acceleration

Archer Aviation Inc. shows 44 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

United Therapeuti…

86
Wavefront Research

86
Accton Technology

85
Alfred Kärcher &…

85
Arlanxeo Deutschl…

85
Arthrocare

85
Avalara

85
Beijing Jingdong…

85
Archer Aviation ◀

85

What this shows Archer holds 85 patents at rank #4,178, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Archer

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,178 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO Aircraft)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Archer's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Archer, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO Aircraft), Archer ranks #43 of 799 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (70 here).

SOCIÉTÉ BIC 70 GD Midea Air-conditioning Equipment Co., Ltd. 70 Lutron Technology Company LLC 70 HL Klemove Corp. 70

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (26.6 here).

Fisher-rosemount Systems, Inc. 26.6 avg VLT, Inc. 26.6 avg Nokomis, Inc. 26.6 avg Beijing Research Institute OF Chemical Industry, China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation 26.5 avg

Archer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

70 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Archer Aviation Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	2	2.4%
2023	13	15.3%
2024	29	34.1%
2025partial year	41	48.2%

Which technologies does Archer Aviation Inc. patent most?

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 71

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 67

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 41

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 31

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 29

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 29

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 28

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 27

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 12

F16H - Gearing 12

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 11

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 10

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 8

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 6

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 6

Top 15 of 32 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Archer Aviation Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Archer Aviation Inc.'s lead technology class is B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft), 83.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64D
Ranked #4,178 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Archer Aviation Inc. against United Therapeutics Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 70.4/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

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Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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