2026-10-08 Google Patents: Lakhovsky patent family (Investigator, Step I)
Searched: patents.google.com, inventor:Lakhovsky (77 results), queried through the site's own result list in Chrome; pages for ten patents saved by script to research/pages/gp-*.html. No original PDF images were offered for these FR/CH documents on Google Patents (Espacenet not tried this run).
What was found [web]
Lakhovsky (Georges, Paris) holds 77 patent records on Google Patents. They fall into four groups [web: https://patents.google.com/?inventor=Lakhovsky]:
- Railway engineering 1902-1913 (sleeper-screw liners and fastenings; track gauge/level instrument, e.g. US 1,028,743; US 1,136,427; AT 19763B; GB 1903/07775). This fits the biographical account that he started as a railway engineer (see ncip.by note).
- Telephones and sound 1922-1940 (diaphragms, horns, loudspeakers, microphones: FR 570117, FR 578177, US 1,593,457, US 1,640,330, US 1,544,460, FR 807497, FR 816144, US 2,263,408, FR 866037, FR 879824).
- The biological oscillator line (bears on claims 1, 3, 4):
| Number | Priority / filing | Published | Title (Google translation) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR 601155A | 1924-10-18 | 1926-02-24 | Improvements to devices generating electric oscillations by oscillating circuits | Probably the Radio-cellulo-oscillator period; text not on Google Patents |
| FR 574671A | 1923 | Multi-branch adjustable antenna | ||
| CH 135072A | priority 1927-10-26, filed 1928-07-30 | 1929-08-31 | Dispositif pour capter des oscillations electriques | The open oscillating circuit (collar, belt, plant spiral); full French text |
| FR 657295A | 1927-10-26 / 1929-01-29 | 1929-05-21 | Electric oscillations capture mode | French twin of CH 135072 (dates as printed on the page) |
| FR 732276A | 1931-05-02 | 1932-09-15 | Apparatus for creating high frequency electric fields with multiple wavelengths | French priority of US 1,962,565 |
| FR 42146E | 1932-02-12 | 1933-05-31 | same title (certificate of addition) | Addition to FR 732276 |
| CH 164027A | priority 1931-05-02, filed 1932-04-05 | 1933-09-15 | Appareil destine a la creation de champs electriques de haute frequence a longueurs d'ondes multiples | Swiss member; full French text |
| FR 802262A | 1935-05-20 | 1936-09-01 | Device of a polymetallic circuit suitable for capturing electromagnetic waves and their direct application | Later circuit variant; text not on Google Patents |
| US 1,962,565; US 2,351,055 | (already in the project folder) |
- Sterilisation of liquids by metal (silver) circuits or chains, 1929-1939: FR 688887A (1929-04-13), FR 37940E, FR 41175E, CH 147806A, FR 733396A and CH 166006A (1931, filtration and sterilisation), CH 193774A and FR 810280A (1935), FR 866036A (1939, portable). Bears on The Secret of Life's d'Arsonval silver-circuit water experiment (15 April 1929).
Other: AT 22361B / FR 325045A (mustard dispenser, 1902-04), FR 696192A (razor, 1930). WO 2009/028993 (2007, "activating water-containing fluids") is a different, later Lakhovsky and not Georges.
Passages that bear on the claims
CH 135072A (the open circuit) [web: https://patents.google.com/patent/CH135072A/fr]. The inventor's own patent text states, in his words, the principle behind claim 3: - It cites the CR Societe de Biologie, 26 July 1924, p.626 for the action of short waves on cell vitality, then says such waves exist everywhere in the atmosphere, so "il est donc expedient d'assurer la reception et l'application de ces ondes" (it is expedient to receive and apply them). - Plants: "une simple spire de cuivre ouverte, dont la longueur d'onde propre d'oscillation etait d'a peu pres 2 m (voir C. R. des seances de l'Academie des Sciences, Tome 188, page 657)". This gives a wavelength (about 2 m) for the plant spiral, and a citation of his own Academy note (CRAS 188, p.657, 1929) not named in the project documents. - Humans: belts, collars, bracelets; the wearer can "accorder le circuit" (tune it) by the clasp position, marked with holes or notches; insulation by rubber tube or a string of beads; at least one end insulated. - Claim: "au moins un circuit ouvert et isole et qui ne comporte aucune source d'energie propre" shaped to surround the body treated. So the patent itself claims a passive receiver of ambient waves, which is the inventor's stated mechanism.
CH 164027A (the Swiss Multiple Wave Oscillator) [web: https://patents.google.com/patent/CH164027A/fr]. Same object as US 1,962,565 (concentric open insulated rings, small end spheres), but with material the US text lacks: - Gas-filled glass tubes built into the radiating part, which light up under the high-frequency oscillations; with suitable gas "on dispose d'un veritable soleil artificiel" for cold white lighting of large spaces. - Uses named: "comme agent therapeutique, ou comme source lumineuse pour la photographie, ou la cinematographie". The US 1,962,565 text has no medical word (deep read); the Swiss member does name therapy. The tube idea anticipates US 2,351,055 (1941). - No wavelength, voltage or dimension given (searched for metre, longueur d'onde: none beyond ring diameters "differents").
CH 147806A (sterilisation) [web: https://patents.google.com/patent/CH147806A/fr]: silver chains whose links rub together when the liquid or its container moves; no heating, vacuum or chemicals.
How it bears on the claims (no verdicts)
- Claim 4: the French priority of US 1,962,565 is FR 732276 (filed 2 May 1931), with addition FR 42146E (1932) and Swiss member CH 164027 (1933). The deep read of US1962565 recorded the French number as unknown; it is now known.
- Claim 3: CH 135072 / FR 657295 are the inventor's own patents for the passive open circuit, with a stated 2 m natural wavelength for the plant spiral and the CRAS 188 p.657 citation.
- Claim 1/3: FR 601155 (1924) and FR 802262 (1935) are not yet read; their text needs Espacenet or INPI originals.