VCO

What this means for you

Not registered yet, but its 14 Nov 2025 filing date beats anything filed after it. If it registers, the owner can stop confusingly similar uses in the classes it covers.

Record

Serial number

99497234

Mark type

Design + words

Filed

14 Nov 2025

Goods and services

• Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: Educational services, namely, developing, publishing, and distributing standards, guidelines, and training materials in the fields of healthcare vendor oversight, vendor compliance, and competency verification; providing online and in-person educational programs, workshops, courses, and instructional materials relating to regulatory alignment with CMS Conditions of Participation, Joint Commission requirements, DNV accreditation standards, and FDA training expectations; providing non-downloadable publications in the field of vendor oversight and healthcare compliance standards.
• Class 042 — Scientific and technological services: Developing, establishing, and maintaining national standards and conformity assessment criteria for vendor oversight, vendor compliance, and competency-verification programs in healthcare; accreditation services for organizations that evaluate, verify, or manage healthcare vendor compliance, namely, developing and administering accreditation programs to assess conformity with national vendor oversight standards; testing, analysis, and evaluation of the services of others to determine conformity with established vendor oversight standards; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for managing, assessing, or reporting vendor compliance and competency data; providing a website featuring information in the field of vendor oversight standards, accreditation criteria, and regulatory alignment requirements.
• Class 045 — Legal and security services: Regulatory compliance consulting in the field of healthcare vendor oversight; consulting services relating to compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation, Joint Commission and DNV accreditation requirements, state Department of Public Health vendor regulations, and FDA training and labeling expectations; monitoring, reviewing, and evaluating organizational vendor compliance programs for conformity with national oversight standards; developing and administering oversight frameworks for verifying competency and compliance of non-hospital personnel entering healthcare facilities.

Owner

• VCO Guidelines and Standards Commission, South Windsor, CT, US

Prosecution history

• 24 Mar 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
• 24 Mar 2026 — NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
• 24 Mar 2026 — NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN
• 24 Mar 2026 — ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
• 20 Mar 2026 — NOTICE OF DESIGN SEARCH CODE E-MAILED
• 20 Mar 2026 — NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED
• 14 Nov 2025 — APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED
• 14 Nov 2025 — NEW APPLICATION ENTERED