Last month, Apple received three sound mark registrations from the USPTO for sounds made by Siri.
U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4689365 is for “a synthesized bell tone playing a C#5 sixteenth note, followed by another C#5 sixteenth note” for use with computer hardware good in Class 9.
U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4689044 is for the same sound, “a synthesized bell tone playing a C#5 sixteenth note, followed by another C#5 sixteenth note,” but for use with computer services. I believe this is the sound Siri makes when activated or turned on.
U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4689043 is for “a synthesized bell tone playing a G#5 sixteenth note, followed by another G#5 sixteenth note.” I believe this is the sound makes at the end of a receiving voice request.
For more on the Siri sounds, see “The iPhone’s UI Sounds” from Beyond the Beep.
Apple also owns a registration for the sound of “a synthesizer playing a slightly flat, by approximately 30 cents, G flat/F sharp major chord” in Registration No. 4257783. That is the sound made when an Apple computer is turned on.
Other nontraditional Apple trademarks include the design of an Apple Store, charger icon, the shape of the iPhone, the shape of the iMac, the shape of a mouse, and more.
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