Patents by Inventor Elena Tobolkina

Elena Tobolkina has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9087683
    Abstract: In an electrostatic spray ionization method for spraying a liquid layer from an insulating plate 2, the plate is arranged between two electrodes 1, 4. A constant high voltage power supply 3 is provided and an electric circuit is used to charge and discharge locally a surface of the liquid layer 7 on the insulating plate 2 by applying the power supply between the electrodes 1, 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
    Inventors: Hubert Hugues Girault, Baohong Liu, Yu Lu, Liang Qiao, Romain Sartor, Elena Tobolkina
  • Publication number: 20150001389
    Abstract: In an electrostatic spray ionization method for spraying a liquid layer from an insulating plate 2, the plate is arranged between two electrodes 1, 4. A constant high voltage power supply 3 is provided and an electric circuit is used to charge and discharge locally a surface of the liquid layer 7 on the insulating plate 2 by applying the power supply between the electrodes 1, 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Hubert Hugues Girault, Baohong Liu, Yu Lu, Liang Qiao, Romain Sartor, Elena Tobolkina