Googling Yourself

It is always fun to take a minute and google yourself just to see what comes up when searching your name. When I search for Allison Guetzkow, I usually find some basic stuff related to sports. But, last week I came across a more interesting find when googling my name. You see, as part of my undergraduate thesis Delphi filed a patent on a door latch design that I developed. I eagerly waited news on the status of the patent application for several years. After about 5 years of waiting, I figured that the idea was not patentable.

But to my surprise, when I googled my name last week I found the following news.

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP1138855.html