Examiner Zachary Mark Turpin
Grant ratio: 0.0% (42nd percentile in Art Unit 1682 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: October 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 99565
- Primary art unit
- 1682
- Work group
- 1680
- Technology center
- 1600
- Applications
- 87
- Granted applications
- 0
- Examiner phone
- (703) 756-5917
- Supervisor
- Winston Shen
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-3157
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 8 | 0.4% | 1.33 |
| Group | 68 | 6.1% | 2.37 |
| Tech Center | 1,383 | 37.4% | 2.02 |
| USPTO | 16,620 | 51.8% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 1 | 1.1% |
| 1 OA | 28 | 32.2% |
| 2 OAs | 38 | 43.7% |
| 3 OAs | 10 | 11.5% |
| 4 OAs | 8 | 9.2% |
| 5+ OAs | 2 | 2.3% |
Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.
Grant history
Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.
Yearly counts
| Year | Applications | Grants | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2025 | 18 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2026 | 68 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 86 | 1.2% | 8.1% | 52.3% | 1.2% |
| Action 2 | 58 | 3.4% | 8.6% | 48.3% | 3.4% |
| Action 3 | 20 | 0.0% | 15.0% | 60.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 4 | 10 | 0.0% | 20.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
3.6%
Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.
PTAB appeals
No PTAB decisions could be matched to this examiner.
Older and transferred applications may not have a reliable examiner match. Data through Oct. 30, 2026.