San Rafael, CA, United States of America

Chris Samaniego

This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent. Top assignee: Adobe, Inc.. Active years: 2012.

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Inventor Profile: Chris Samaniego. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/inventor/chris-samaniego

Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile

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% Patents Active = 100.0

Average Co-Inventor Count = 2.0

ph-index = 1

Forward Citations = 24(Granted Patents)


Company Filing History:


Years Active: 2012

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1 patent (USPTO):Explore Patents

Title: Chris Samaniego and Design-to-Manufacturing Innovation.

Introduction

Chris Samaniego is an inventor associated with San Rafael, California, and Adobe, Inc. His work includes a patent describing ways to translate a visual design into an image that can support manufacturing a designed object.

Latest Patents

Samaniego is credited with 1 patent: “Imprint for Visualization and Manufacturing.” The patent describes methods, systems, and apparatus for generating a design image for manufacturing an object. One method receives input specifying the object’s visual design in a first image, generates a second image from that input, and maps the second image onto a contoured surface using flow lines to create a third image. It then presents a composite of the third image with the first image and provides the second image to an automated manufacturing process.

Career Highlights

Samaniego’s patent connects digital design visualization with automated manufacturing. The described approach addresses how a design image can be adapted to a contoured surface and supplied to a manufacturing process.

Collaborations

Herbert Wolfram is identified as Samaniego’s coworker. The supplied information does not specify their particular projects or roles in the patent.

Conclusion

Chris Samaniego’s patent reflects an effort to bridge visual design and manufacturing through image generation, surface mapping, and automated production.

Profile summary based on public USPTO records.
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