Application

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Approved for use through 10/31/2024. OMB 0651-0009

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PTO- 1478

Approved for use through 10/31/2024. OMB 0651-0009

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it contains a valid OMB control number

Trademark/Service Mark Application, Principal Register

Serial Number: 97588194

Filing Date: 09/12/2022

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

MARK: CERIS (Standard Characters, see mark)
The literal element of the mark consists of CERIS. The mark consists of standard characters, without claim to any particular font style, size, or color.
The applicant, CorVel Corporation, a corporation of Delaware, having an address of
      1920 Main Street, Suite 900
      Irvine, California 92614
      United States
      XXXX

requests registration of the trademark/service mark identified above in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on the Principal Register established by the Act of July 5, 1946 (15 U.S.C. Section 1051 et seq.), as amended, for the following:

International Class 042:  Cloud computing featuring software for automated review and cost containment services for bills and claims from health care providers, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and medical professionals, and audit services that validate correct billing, disallow inappropriate billing, and compare providers' charges to reasonable and customary rates at both itemization line by line item and total charge levels through a proprietary database and expert review by registered nurses; cloud computing featuring software for prospective and retrospective hospital bill auditing; cloud computing featuring software for computerized medical record review, namely, identifying medical claims needing medical cost management or review for possible overbilling, overutilization, overcoding of medical services, and case by case fee negotiation services
Intent to Use: The applicant has a bona fide intention, and is entitled, to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified goods/services.


Claim of Active Prior Registration(s)
The applicant claims ownership of active prior U.S. Registration Number(s) 4567658 and 4960211.


The owner's/holder's proposed attorney information: Carla B. Oakley. Other appointed attorneys are the firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, CARLA B. OAKLEY, SHARON R. SMITH, JENNA STOKES and GENE K. PARK, members of the California Bar, all located at One Market, Spear Street Tower, San Francisco, California 94105, ANDREW J. GRAY IV and PETER G. BYRNE, members of the California Bar, located at 1400 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, California 94304,RON N. DREBEN, KAREN A. BUTCHER, ANITA B. POLOTT, CAROLE R. KLEIN, JOSEPH E. WASHINGTON, KRISTIN H. ALTOFF, DANA S. GROSS, REBECCA E. MCDOUGALL, BRIAN O'DONNELL, CONSTANCE B. STEFANOU, RACHEL E. FERTIG, JONATHAN GOODWILL, KIRAN JASSAL, MICHELLE S. RAYNES and KRISTEN CANALES, members of the District of Columbia Bar, all located at 1111 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20004, and RACHELLE A. DUBOW, AMELIA G. PENNINGTON and ERIN E. MCGUINE, members of the Massachusetts Bar, all located at One Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110. Carla B. Oakley of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, is a member of the XX bar, admitted to the bar in XXXX, bar membership no. XXX, and the attorney(s) is located at
      One Market, Spear Street Tower
      San Francisco, California 94105
      United States
      415-442-1301(phone)
      415-442-1001(fax)
      carla.oakley@morganlewis.com
The docket/reference number is 058165-2490.
Carla B. Oakley submitted the following statement: The attorney of record is an active member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a U.S. state, the District of Columbia, or any U.S. Commonwealth or territory.

The applicant's current Correspondence Information:

Carla B. Oakley

PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: carla.oakley@morganlewis.com        SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES): sftrademarks@morganlewis.com; jenna.stokes@morganlewis.com; thomas.loran@morganlewis.com Requirement for Email and Electronic Filing: I understand that a valid email address must be maintained by the applicant owner/holder and the applicant owner's/holder's attorney, if appointed, and that all official trademark correspondence must be submitted via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS).

A fee payment in the amount of $350 has been submitted with the application, representing payment for 1 class(es).

Declaration

	Basis: If the applicant is filing the application based on use in commerce under 15 U.S.C. § 1051(a): The signatory believes that the applicant is the owner of the trademark/service mark sought to be registered; The mark is in use in commerce and was in use in commerce as of the filing date of the application on or in connection with the goods/services in the application; The specimen(s) shows the mark as used on or in connection with the goods/services in the application and was used on or in connection with the goods/services in the application as of the application filing date; and To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, the facts recited in the application are accurate. And/Or If the applicant is filing the application based on an intent to use the mark in commerce under 15 U.S.C. § 1051(b), § 1126(d), and/or § 1126(e): The signatory believes that the applicant is entitled to use the mark in commerce; The applicant has a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce and had a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce as of the application filing date on or in connection with the goods/services in the application; and To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, the facts recited in the application are accurate.
	To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, no other persons, except, if applicable, concurrent users, have the right to use the mark in commerce, either in the identical form or in such near resemblance as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods/services of such other persons, to cause confusion or mistake, or to deceive.
	To the best of the signatory's knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances, the allegations and other factual contentions made above have evidentiary support.
	The signatory being warned that willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, and that such willful false statements and the like may jeopardize the validity of the application or submission or any registration resulting therefrom, declares that all statements made of his/her own knowledge are true and all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true.

Declaration Signature

Signature: /Carla B. Oakley/   Date: 09/12/2022
Signatory's Name: Carla B. Oakley
Signatory's Position: Attorney of Record, California Bar member
Signatory's Phone Number: 415-442-1301
Signature method: Sent to third party for signature
Payment Sale Number: 97588194
Payment Accounting Date: 09/12/2022

Serial Number: 97588194
Internet Transmission Date: Mon Sep 12 20:55:25 ET 2022
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/BAS-XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX-20220912205525
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