ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,509, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Eppendorf SE (Hamburg, Germany).

"Pipette with adjustable pipetting volume and locking system" was invented by Julian Bikmohammadi (Hamburg, Germany), Andreas Ratzka (Hamburg, Germany), Elena Schmidt (Geesthacht, Germany), Florian Tesch (Hamburg, Germany), Christian Baasch (GroBhansdorf, Germany), Christiane Markau (Hamburg, Germany), Michael Strutz (Neuendorf, Germany), Anne Oehlmann (Hamburg, Germany), Kevin Horicke (Hamburg, Germany), Ulrike Gast (Ammersbek, Germany) and Olaf Sauer (Bad Gottleuba-BerggieBhubel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a pipette with a bo...