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Eppendorf Liquid Handling Instruments A History of Quality and Innovation 2015 2013 2013 2011 2009 2006 1999 1998 Multipette E3/E3x Eppendorf Reference 2 Multipette M4 Eppendorf Xplorer plus Eppendorf Research plus Multipette Stream / Xstream Eppendorf Research pro Multipette plus 1970 Eppendorf 3130 1976 Comforpette 4700 1978 Multipette 4780 1979 Varipette 4710 1991 Unipette 3190 1994 Eppendorf Reference 4910 1995 Titerman 4908 1996 Eppendorf Research 3110 In 1958 Heinrich Schnitger filed for a patent describing a »device for the fast and exact pipetting of small liquid volumes.« 1961 1958 Patent of the first piston stroke pipette Marburg Pipette 1964 Marburg 3110 Eppendorf recognized the potential of this invention and developed the first industrial manufactured piston stroke pipette on this basis. The »Marburg Pipette«, launched in 1961, featured the same basic elements that we find in today’s labs: A spring-loaded piston and a removable plastic tip. This alternative to mouth pipetting changed the face of pipetting forever. Innovation continues at www.eppendorf.com 7