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Selected Quarterly Financial Data

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Selected Quarterly Financial Data [Abstract]

Selected Quarterly Financial Data

15. Selected Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited)

		Fiscal Quarter Ended
		December 25, 2009				March 26, 2010				June 25, 2010				September 24, 2010				December 31, 2010				April 1, 2011				July 1, 2011				September 30, 2011
		(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Revenue:
Licensing		$	165,775			$	195,944			$	170,326			$	178,429			$	188,176			$	214,627			$	181,790			$	205,747
Product sales			47,657				39,839				52,651				40,255				46,027				26,347				28,395				30,842
Services			7,784				7,638				7,292				9,123				8,509				9,052				8,814				7,179
Total revenue			221,216				243,421				230,269				227,807				242,712				250,026				218,999				243,768
Cost of revenue			35,793				29,623				40,056				26,343				29,139				28,457				27,933				25,642
Gross margin			185,423				213,798				190,213				201,464				213,573				221,569				191,066				218,126
Income before taxes and controlling interest			106,379				133,929				98,082				98,622				111,066				122,494				90,451				116,632
Net income attributable to Dolby Laboratories, Inc.		$	69,086			$	85,898			$	63,452			$	65,011			$	86,387			$	82,061			$	61,748			$	79,071
Earnings per share:
Basic		$	0.61			$	0.75			$	0.56			$	0.58			$	0.77			$	0.73			$	0.55			$	0.72
Diluted		$	0.59			$	0.74			$	0.55			$	0.57			$	0.76			$	0.72			$	0.55			$	0.71
Shares outstanding:
Basic			114,085				113,985				113,254				112,486				112,035				112,140				111,494				110,063
Diluted			116,138				115,995				115,282				114,276				113,713				113,346				112,349				110,662

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The entire disclosure for the quarterly financial data in the annual financial statements. The disclosure may include a tabular presentation of financial information for each fiscal quarter for the current and previous year, including revenues, gross profit, income or loss before extraordinary items and earnings per share data. It also includes an indication if the information in the note is unaudited, comments on the aggregate effect of year-end adjustments, and an explanation of matters or transactions that affect comparability or are pertinent to an understanding of the information furnished.

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