ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,324, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Adobe Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Vector path trajectory imitation" was invented by Gagan Singhal (New Delhi), Shikhar Tayal (Aligarh, India) and Nilesh Mishra (Kanpur, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example vector path trajectory imitation system is configured to create a new vector path or to extend an existing vector path based on a reference. In this manner, a user (e.g., artist, illustrator, or designer) does not need to tweak individual anchor points to align a trajectory of the new vector path with the trajectory of the reference. Instead, the user moves a position indicator (e.g....