James R Beck

8010387, Aug 30, 2011

Jun 4, 2004

10/862185

Keith Alan Porter - Pasadena CA, US
James Leslie Beck - Pasadena CA, US

California Institute of Technology - Pasadena CA

G06Q 40/00

705 4, 705405, 705 38

The present invention comprises a method, computer program product, and system for risk management. The present invention includes calculating a statistic of loss per unit time, the statistic being a product of a site loss parameter and a loss given a loss-basis event. The site loss parameter is a site casualty parameter and/or a site economic parameter, while the loss-basis event is a casualty-basis event and/or an economic-basis event, non-limiting examples of which include an earthquake, flooding, wind, and blast pressure.

42348919, Nov 18, 1980

Jul 30, 1979

6/062446

James C. Beck - La Canada CA
Harrie W. Nielsen - Pasadena CA

The Singer Company - Binghamton NY

H04N 718
G09C 900
G02B 1700
G02B 908

358104

This disclosure describes a method and apparatus for a visual display system in a vehicle simulator to compensate for distortion and to maximize illumination in a projected image substantially at the same time. Where a spherical mirror is interposed between a curved rear-projection screen and a viewing position, certain distortions are developed which detract from realism. Such distortions are compensated for by reflecting the image off a curve folding mirror positioned so that its major axis is substantially perpendicular to the major axis of the curved rear-projection screen. In accordance with the invention, when such compensation is achieved, the illumination of the projected image will be at substantially its brightest.

43234780, Apr 6, 1982

Dec 19, 1979

6/105330

Thomas H. Adams - Mission Viejo CA
James P. Beck - Garden Grove CA
Robert C. Menson - Newport Beach CA

Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc. - Deerfield IL

G01N 3316
F26B 506

252408

An improved method and apparatus is disclosed for producing frozen particulate compositions from liquid feedstock. A continuous stream of liquid feedstock is passed through an orifice and into a liquid freezant without the orifice contacting the freezant. Compositions produced by this improved method have low proportions of fine and large particles, yielding particularly beneficial results in the case of quality control materials. The compositions are advantageously employed in automated weighing and filling apparatus.

42110157, Jul 8, 1980

Jan 18, 1978

5/870537

Thomas H. Adams - Mission Viejo CA
James P. Beck - Garden Grove CA
Robert C. Menson - Newport Beach CA

Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc. - Deerfield IL

F26B 506

34 5

An improved method and apparatus is disclosed for producing frozen particulate compositions from liquid feedstock. A continuous stream of liquid feedstock is passed through an orifice and into a liquid freezant without the orifice contacting the freezant. Compositions produced by this improved method have low proportions of fine and large particles, yielding particularly beneficial results in the case of quality control materials. The compositions are advantageously employed in automated weighing and filling apparatus.

45671389, Jan 28, 1986

Aug 27, 1984

6/644647

James P. Beck - Newport Beach CA
Carlos E. Luna - Placentia CA

Beckman Instruments, Inc. - Fullerton CA

C12Q 148

435 15

A substrate solution comprising (a) a substrate selected from a group consisting of salts of L-. gamma. -glutamyl-p-nitroanilide and L-. gamma. -glutamyl-3-carboxy-p-nitroanilide; and (b) a polyol selected from a group consisting of alkyl polyols containing 2 to 10 carbon atoms and 2 to 10 hydroxy groups and polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight of from about 200 to about 600. Also, a kit for the determination of. gamma. -glutamyltransferase activity of the type comprising (a) a buffered medium comprising a buffer and a. gamma. -glutamyl residue acceptor; and (b) a substrate solution; the buffered medium and substrate solution being adapted such that preselected aliquots thereof can react in the presence of. gamma. -glutamyltransferase to produce an absorbing cleavage product. The kit is characterized in that the substrate solution is as described above.

53318870, Jul 26, 1994

Dec 26, 1991

7/813535

James D. Beck - Costa Mesa CA

A23N 102

99496

An apparatus for extracting the juice from whole fruit having a rind comprising axially aligned, spaced-apart piston and pressing head arranged to move reciprocally toward and away from each other, for loading a fruit therebetween, at least one perforated coring knife slidingly received in the pressing head for advancing into the fruit in preparation of collecting the extracted juice separate from the rind, and including an elastomeric head positioned over the front portion of the piston, defined by a circular concave portion centered over the piston and extending forward about its circumferencial edge an upstanding rim, and a skirt portion extending from the rim rearward along the outside of the piston to a terminal edge, wherein a ram, slidingly carried in the piston is hydraulically driven to advance beyond the piston to avert the center portion of the elastomeric head against the fruit during compression of the fruit between the ram and the pressing head, the improvement comprising at least one groove formed in the skirt portion of the elastomeric head beginning at the rim extending rearward along the outside of the skirt portion and terminating short of the terminal edge to provide an enclosed reservoir for receipt of peel oil expressed from the fruit during the squeezing operation for later disposal separate from the juice.

20140156022, Jun 5, 2014

Jun 6, 2012

14/123719

Brian Mueller Holt - Topanga CA, US
Kent N. Bachus - Salt Lake City UT, US
James Peter Beck - Salt Lake City UT, US
Roy Bloebaum - Salt Lake City UT, US

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION - Salt Lake City UT

A61F 2/78

623 2344

An implant system for securing a prosthesis to a selected bone of a subject including a stem and an abutment. The stem includes a porous region that promotes osseointegration of the selected bone following implantation of the stem. The abutment is secured to the stem and is configured for secure attachment to the prosthesis. The stem and the abutment include ultra-low friction and/or highly polished surfaces at select locations that inhibit bio-adhesion.