Who owns the DOLBY trademark?

The DOLBY trademark is owned by DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION.

What class is the DOLBY trademark registered in?

The DOLBY trademark is registered in Class 009 (Electronics, software & scientific instruments).

What is the serial number for DOLBY?

The USPTO serial number for DOLBY is 73012985.

What is the registration number for DOLBY?

DOLBY is registered under USPTO registration number 1040867.

DOLBY - Owned by DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION - (Class 009)

What to file next

Section 9 renewal, filed with a Section 8 declaration

When: Due between the ninth and tenth anniversary of registration, then before each tenth anniversary after that.
Extensions and grace: A six-month grace period follows, with an added per-class fee.
If it is missed: A missed renewal cancels the registration, and there is no revival route for it.

How Section 9 renewal works

General information about USPTO practice, not legal advice. The register is the authority, and a filing that has not yet posted can change what is owed.

Full Goods & Services

Class 009Electronics, software & scientific instruments

US codes: 021, 036

First use anywhere: Jul 01, 1972

First use in commerce: Jul 19, 1972

Scientific, research, navigation, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, audiovisual, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, detecting, testing, inspecting, life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling the distribution or use of electricity; apparatus and instruments for recording, transmitting, reproducing or processing sound, images or data; recorded and downloadable multimedia files, computer software, blank digital or analogue recording and storage media; mechanisms for coin-operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating devices; computers and computer peripheral devices; diving suits, divers' masks, ear plugs for divers, nose clips for divers, gloves for divers, breathing apparatus for underwater swimming; fire-extinguishing apparatus.

This description is as filed with the USPTO and defines the scope of trademark protection.

Filing Basis & Declarations

Standard Characters ClaimedFiled as Use ApplicationUse Application CurrentlySection 8 AcceptedSection 15 AcknowledgedTrademark

Status History

52 events

TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED

Jul 13, 2026

Code REAP

ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED

Jul 13, 2026

Code ARAA

TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED

Jul 13, 2026

Code TCCA

TEAS WITHDRAWAL OF ATTORNEY RECEIVED-FIRM RETAINS

Jul 13, 2026

Code EWAF

CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL

May 23, 2026

Code APRE

REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED

May 23, 2026

Code 89AG

REGISTERED AND RENEWED (FOURTH RENEWAL - 10 YRS)

May 23, 2026

Code RNL4

NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED

May 23, 2026

Code NA89

TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED

Mar 18, 2026

Code E89R

COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED

Jun 08, 2025

Code REM2

TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED

Feb 29, 2024

Code COAR

APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED

Feb 29, 2024

Code CHAN

TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED

Feb 29, 2024

Code REAP

ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED

Feb 29, 2024

Code ARAA

TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED

Feb 29, 2024

Code TCCA

TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED

Feb 06, 2024

Code COAR

APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED

Feb 06, 2024

Code CHAN

TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED

Feb 06, 2024

Code REAP

ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED

Feb 06, 2024

Code ARAA

TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED

Feb 06, 2024

Code TCCA

TEAS WITHDRAWAL OF ATTORNEY RECEIVED-FIRM RETAINS

Feb 06, 2024

Code EWAF

TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED

Jul 05, 2023

Code COAR

APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED

Jul 05, 2023

Code CHAN

TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED

Jul 05, 2023

Code REAP

ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED

Jul 05, 2023

Code ARAA

TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED

Jul 05, 2023

Code TCCA

TEAS WITHDRAWAL OF ATTORNEY RECEIVED-FIRM RETAINS

Jul 05, 2023

Code EWAF

TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED

Dec 02, 2016

Code TCCA

NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED

Aug 07, 2016

Code NA89

CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL

Aug 06, 2016

Code APRE

REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED

Aug 06, 2016

Code 89AG

REGISTERED AND RENEWED (THIRD RENEWAL - 10 YRS)

Aug 06, 2016

Code RNL3

TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED

Jun 16, 2016

Code COAR

APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED

Jun 16, 2016

Code CHAN

TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED

May 18, 2016

Code E89R

TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED

Nov 16, 2015

Code COAR

APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED

Nov 16, 2015

Code CHAN

CASE FILE IN TICRS

Oct 30, 2007

Code CFIT

REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED

May 22, 2006

Code 89AG

REGISTERED AND RENEWED (SECOND RENEWAL - 10 YRS)

May 22, 2006

Code RNL2

PAPER RECEIVED

Feb 09, 2006

Code MAIL

REGISTERED - COMBINED SECTION 8 (10-YR) & SEC. 9 FILED

Feb 09, 2006

Code 89AF

REGISTERED AND RENEWED (FIRST RENEWAL - 10 YRS)

Apr 30, 1996

Code RNL1

REGISTERED - SEC. 9 FILED/CHECK RECORD FOR SEC. 8

Feb 23, 1996

Code 9.AF

AMENDMENT UNDER SECTION 7 - PROCESSED

Aug 11, 1986

Code A7OK

SEC 7 REQUEST FILED

Jul 14, 1986

Code AMD7

AMENDMENT UNDER SECTION 7 - PROCESSED

Apr 29, 1986

Code A7OK

SEC 7 REQUEST FILED

Feb 24, 1986

Code AMD7

SEC 7 REQUEST FILED

Feb 24, 1986

Code AMD7

SEC 7 REQUEST FILED

Feb 24, 1986

Code AMD7

SEC 7 REQUEST FILED

Feb 24, 1986

Code AMD7

REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.

Mar 08, 1982

Code C15A

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