Most readers who are patent litigators will know this already, but a "claim chart" is a table with two columns. The column on the left lists claim elements, and and the column on the right lists the portions of something—typically a product, system, or disclosure—that meets the elements on the right.
The chart shows the reader how the thing (whatever it may be) meets the elements of a claim or claims.
Detailed claim charts sometimes include figures with arrows pointing to the relevant claim elements, quotes of relevant text (if applicable), and/or a narrative description of how the cited material meets the element.
Of course, one …
