Examiner Art Golik
Grant ratio: 40.5% (2nd percentile in Art Unit 3745 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.28. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 97150
- Primary art unit
- 3745
- Work group
- 3740
- Technology center
- 3700
- Applications
- 131
- Granted applications
- 53
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-6211
- Supervisor
- Nathaniel Wiehe
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-8648
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 95 | 67.5% | 1.62 |
| Group | 444 | 57.6% | 1.86 |
| Tech Center | 2,671 | 48.4% | 2.01 |
| USPTO | 16,475 | 52.7% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 1 | 0.8% |
| 1 OA | 43 | 32.8% |
| 2 OAs | 39 | 29.8% |
| 3 OAs | 23 | 17.6% |
| 4 OAs | 14 | 10.7% |
| 5+ OAs | 11 | 8.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| 2023 | 28 | 22 | 78.6% |
| 2024 | 30 | 20 | 66.7% |
| 2025 | 27 | 10 | 37.0% |
| 2026 | 43 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 130 | 0.0% | 7.7% | 66.9% | 24.6% |
| Action 2 | 87 | 0.0% | 6.9% | 69.0% | 21.8% |
| Action 3 | 48 | 2.1% | 6.3% | 70.8% | 22.9% |
| Action 4 | 25 | 4.0% | 4.0% | 76.0% | 16.0% |
| Action 5 | 11 | 0.0% | 9.1% | 81.8% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 25.0% |
| Action 8 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 66.7% | 0.0% |
| Action 9 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
2.4%
2025: August memo
0.0%
0.0%
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.