Examiner Ashleigh Nicole Turnbaugh

Grant ratio: 17.5% (26th percentile in Art Unit 3666 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.24. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 17.5%
Average office actions / grant 2.24
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
98720
Primary art unit
3666
Work group
3660
Technology center
3600
Applications
97
Granted applications
17
Examiner phone
(703) 756-1982
Supervisor
Helal Algahaim
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-5227

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 39 37.3% 1.92
Group 454 54.1% 1.86
Tech Center 2,381 46.2% 2.12
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.36 229 office actions across 97 applications
Applications with office actions 96.9% 94 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 3 3.1%
1 OA 27 27.8%
2 OAs 27 27.8%
3 OAs 18 18.6%
4 OAs 17 17.5%
5+ OAs 5 5.2%

Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2023: 0.0% 2023 2024: 43.8% 2024 2025: 20.8% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2023100.0%
202416743.8%
2025481020.8%
20263200.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 94 4.3% 5.3% 86.2% 3.2%
Action 2 67 0.0% 3.0% 94.0% 1.5%
Action 3 40 0.0% 0.0% 95.0% 2.5%
Action 4 22 0.0% 0.0% 95.5% 0.0%
Action 5 5 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 1.7% 4 of 229 office actions
All years 1.7% 4 of 229 office actions
Change 0.0 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
2.0%
5.0%

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 Aug. 27, 2026.

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