Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Epiq Ediscovery Solutions Inc.

Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Epiq Ediscovery Solutions Inc. has 2 pending office actions in Communications. The matters are assigned to 2 examiners and 2 art units.

SERROU, ABDELALI is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The separate assignments support coordinated technology descriptions but require individualized responses to each examination record.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

1
Hard (50%)
1
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (50%)
§102 only1 (50%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
50% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SERROU, ABDELALI 1 74.4% +29.6%
ZHANG, DUAN 1 61.2% +18.9%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19005802 METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING AND IMPLEMENTING COMMUNICATION OPTIMIZATIONS SERROU, ABDELALI —

Interview Candidates (2)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19005802 METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING AND IMPLEMENTING COMMUNICATION OPTIMIZATIONS SERROU, ABDELALI —
18667896 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEACHING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO RECOGNIZE CONCEPTS IN MULTIMEDIA DOCUMENTS THROUGH NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERACTION AND MIXED-INITIATIVE LEARNING ZHANG, DUAN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2659 1
3699 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19005802 METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING AND IMPLEMENTING COMMUNICATION OPTIMIZATIONS SERROU, ABDELALI 2659 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 30, 2024
18667896 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEACHING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO RECOGNIZE CONCEPTS IN MULTIMEDIA DOCUMENTS THROUGH NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERACTION AND MIXED-INITIATIVE LEARNING ZHANG, DUAN 3699 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending May 17, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Epiq Ediscovery Solutions Inc. have?

Epiq Ediscovery Solutions Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Epiq Ediscovery Solutions Inc. applications?

Abdelali Serrou has the most, with 1 of Epiq Ediscovery Solutions Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Epiq Ediscovery Solutions Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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