SETH JAFFE
Welcome to my website For those of you who have visited before, welcome to my updated, redesigned website. I have switched to Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, so I can update my site remotely, from wherever I have a connection. The result, I hope, will be a more current product. Please have a look around and sign my guest book. Visitor's notice Thank you for your visit. Please feel free to send your comments, suggestions,…
| User: | Seth Jaffe |
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About
About Seth Jaffe resides in Houston, Texas near the downtown area in a self-built warehouse-loft conversion. A native of Oklahoma City, Seth attended Casady High School, graduating in 1989. He then attended Davidson College in North Carolina where he pursued a liberal arts education with emphasis… Read more
The long climb back to the top
Since I've redesigned my website and removed so much content, I have lost my first place standing in Google search returns. Thus I must begin my long journey back to the top. On the way, I have rekindled my acquaintances with the other Seth Jaffes of the world. There is Seth Jaffe, the partner… Read more
The great bank implosion
Well they finally decided to implode the compass bank building by the Galleria. It was an early Sunday morning adventure but well worth the lucubration. … Read more
Contact
Contact I welcome your comments, suggestions, or even unintended salutations. To protect my email from spam, I have not offered a linkable email address on this page. However, you can reach me at findseth@sethjaffe.com. … Read more
Where the air is fresh
Google has once again quietly elevated me in search engine hierarchy. My hat goes off to my worthy namesake opponents, the environmental lawyer, the doctor, the actor, and the vice president of Williams Sonoma. Quite a competitive league, if you ask me, proving that the search engine ranking is not… Read more
Shuttle Landing Statistics
As promised from the above post, here are my Shuttle statistics. Not too bad, though it was far from a perfect landing. Touchdown was 18 feet left of center, though I was able to steer to the centerline at wheel stop for the photo op. My ground speed was right on at 202 knots. It was the sink rate… Read more
Solar Panel Installation
Yesterday I installed 1300 watts of solar panels on the roof of a boat house. It went without a hitch and no panels were broken. I have photos and plan to add full details of my adventure in the "Environment" section of this site.… Read more
AIPLA Student Representative
I’ve been selected as the AIPLA student representative for the University of Houston Law Center. It turns out that the AIPLA co-chairs, Christopher McKeon and Jesse Ormsby, both attend UH so my role would be to support their initiatives as well as facilitate some speaking engagements of my own… Read more
Shuttle Commander Training
It was an exciting week on the job front. With Endeavour up, I managed to corner some simulator time for some commander training. This was an RTLS run, meaning the center main engine failed just after the solid rocket boosters punched off, resulting in a return to landing site. The nice thing about… Read more
Real-time power consumption information will help solve energy…
If we can provide an inexpensive method for the average consumer to monitor home power usage, I expect a reduction in consumption. A simple photoelectric receiver monitoring a standard meter can easily provide this. Tie it to a wireless transmitter and you have an inexpensive reporting system for the… Read more
Back to the Art
Work continues on the photofest project. For the latest endeavor, I chose to build my camera. The result was a large-format cardboard box pinhole camera. The major problem I had with the camera was calibration. Since it has no viewfinder, I had to essentially create one from scratch. To solve this problem… Read more
JSC conservation initiative
I met Mr. Ron Williams today. He is the energy manager for NASA Johnson Space Center. They had a booth promoting conservation so I stopped by and asked why JSC leaves virtually all of their lights on 24 hours a day. The problem, apparently, comes down to the lack of breakers. When most buildings were… Read more
Maximizing IP Value in an Economic Downturn
I had the opportunity to attend a seminar on Maximizing IP Value in an economic downturn this morning, courtesy of Fish & Richardson. I’ll touch on the highlights. James Babineau spoke about streamlining patent filing and prosecution through electronic filing, provisionals, PCT as first filing… Read more
Gathering storm for reverse payment settlements
Dennis Crouch reviewed Michael Carrier’s book on IP vs. Antitrust law. It seems that Mr. Carrier takes the view that reverse settlements (where a pharmaceutical company pays a generic to stay off the market) should be illegal. This practice was discussed at a HIPLA CLE earlier this year (the last… Read more
Website launched
One of the problems of having a public website is that the content remains the same while the subject changes. Since first launching my personal website nearly 7 years ago, much has changed. As such, I have elected to remove my old website in preference of this newer, cleaner version. My apologies if… Read more
Modular Nukes
In the late 80's and early 90's, I was an advocate of big nuclear power plants. Back then, the major concern was over nuclear accidents, radiation, and meltdowns. We learned enough in engineering school to understand the operations of those plants and the safety mechanisms in place to prevent… Read more
Solar Water Heaters
The solar water heater has been a staple in places like Tel Aviv since I can remember. Few residents (except in the high rises) actually use electricity to take a hot shower. But for some reason, this technology has been completely unused here in the States, so much so that it is difficult to even find… Read more
New Solar Cell Material Captures Broad Sunlight Spectrum
Ohio State researchers have synthesized a new solar cell material that is capable of capturing solar energy over the whole spectrum of visible light. The material excites the electrons off the atoms in two states, dubbed singlet and triplet. The great news here is that the electrons in the triplet state… Read more
AIPLA Student Rep
Today I discovered that I was selected as the AIPLA student representative for the University of Houston Law Center. This is a great honor and I thoroughly look forward to organizing speaking engagements and helping to promote our IP students. … Read more
LED Lamp
Not that I advocate the end of Christmas, but one benefit is the dramatic price reductions of Christmas lights, specifically LEDs. I managed to find the saturday supersaver price on a set of white LED lights for around $10 (although I heard the 75% off sales had them down to $3). My plan is to make… Read more
Ghost in the machine
The problem with X-10 technology is, well, X-10 technology. Now I must caveat that it works very well on clean lines. The problem is that there are several "dirty devices" that produce an inordinate amount of line noise. For the last few months, I've been chasing a pest in my lines that inadvertently… Read more
Night Lights
One of the nicest aspects of having a central home computer is that I can tie in the lighting system to the alarm system. This gives me an inexpensive way to create a feedback control loop using $10 motion sensors. When I built the house, I made the decision to run extra wire to all of the… Read more
Peoples Lawyer
Yesterday I had the opportunity to volunteer for a Peoples Lawyer session at the University of Houston Law Center. This is a free service offered by the University where anyone can attend free classes on the basics of rights under the law. Dean Alderman ran a tight ship and had an army of volunteers… Read more
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