October 4, 2005                                              Peter DiIorio
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Mail Stop - 4561
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC  20549
Attention:        Ms. Sara Kalin

Re:      Convera Corporation
         Form S-3 Registration Statement
         File No. 333-127222

Dear Ms. Kalin:

     Enclosed  on  behalf  of  Convera   Corporation   (the   "Company")  is  an
acceleration request executed on behalf of the Company,  which requests that the
Securities  and  Exchange   Commission  take  appropriate  action  to  make  the
above-captioned  Registration  Statement  effective at 5:30 PM Washington,  D.C.
local time on October 6, 2005, or as soon  thereafter as possible.  In addition,
as discussed,  the Company confirms that in future filings on Form 10-K and Form
10-Q,  the  Company's  disclosure  with respect to its  evaluation of disclosure
controls  and  procedures  will more  closely  conform with the language of Rule
13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     If you have any questions concerning any of the foregoing,  please call the
undersigned at (212) 847-8711.

                                                Sincerely,


                                                /s/ PETER DIIORIO
                                                Peter DiIorio
                                                Heller Ehrman LLP