Archer Wins Competitive Bid Process to Acquire Lilium's Patent Portfolio

Archer Wins Competitive Bid Process to Acquire Lilium's Patent Portfolio

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Archer Wins Competitive Bid Process to Acquire Lilium's Patent Portfolio (2025-10-15)

NBAA 2025-- Archer Aviation Inc., a leading developer of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, today announced that it has won the competitive bid process to acquire Lilium GmbH’ s portfolio of~ 300 advanced air mobility patent assets for €18 M, including patents relating to key innovations in high-voltage systems, battery management, advanced...

Archer Wins Bid to Acquire Lilium Patent Portfolio

Archer Aviation has secured a competitive bid to acquire Lilium GmbH’s portfolio of roughly 300 advanced air mobility patents for €18 million, the company announced Wednesday at NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas. The acquisition adds patents covering technologies such as ducted fans, high-voltage systems, battery management, and advanced flight controls. With the addition, Archer’s patent portfolio now exceeds 1,000 assets worldwide, strengthening its posi…

Archer wins competitive bid process and acquires Lilium’s portfolio, including patents for its ducted fan technology - eVTOL Insights

Archer Aviation has won the competitive bid process to acquire Lilium GmbH’s portfolio of ~300 advanced air mobility patent assets for €18 million. The portfolio from the German eVTOL OEM, whose Board filed for self-administration 12 months ago, included patents relating to key innovations in high-voltage systems, battery management, advanced aircraft design, flight controls, electric

Archer Beats Out Joby for Lilium eVTOL Patents

Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Archer Aviation just got its hands on a fresh set of advanced air mobility (AAM) blueprints. The California-based company on Wednesday announced it secured about 300 patents from German eVTOL jet developer Lilium for close to $21 million, winning a competitive bid process that reportedly included competitor Joby Aviation. Lilium—which had been developing a seven-passenger model wit…