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Hit Chart methodology

How a Hit Chart is built

A Hit Chart maps each claim limitation to public records, with a citation for every element. It is not an opinion on whether a product complies with anything.

Seven steps

From claim to chart

01 · DECOMPOSITION

The claim is broken apart, not summarised

Each limitation is isolated on its own, with its terms tracked through the claim. Inventive elements are told apart from standard scaffolding.

02 · EVIDENCE CORPUS

We read the product's documentation, not just its homepage

Spec sheets, manuals and, for standards work, the standards documents themselves are assembled before anything is judged.

03 · ELEMENT JUDGING

Every element is judged against a quotable excerpt

FULL, PARTIAL or NONE, each backed by a validated citation. Inferences are rejected in favour of documented evidence.

04 · TARGETED GAP-FILL

A gap triggers a different hunt, not the same one again

When coverage is incomplete, the search pivots to datasheets, regulatory filings and other specialist sources, in the field's own vocabulary.

05 · VISION

Reading the diagrams, because some things are never written down

Block diagrams and teardown photos are read by vision models to find architectural details the text never states.

06 · INHERENCY

Obvious scaffolding, marked honestly as such

Elements that are inherent but undocumented are flagged as such, never dressed up as citations.

07 · VERDICT

Cross-checked, then weighted by what actually matters

Findings are verified and weighted by significance. Legal conclusions stay with counsel.

THE RESULT

One chart, every element sourced

Coverage stated in a word for each element. Nothing rounded up, nothing inferred without saying so.

The output

What a Hit Chart looks like

Each row is one claim element, the excerpt that supports it and where it came from. Coverage is FULL, PARTIAL or NONE, never a percentage.

Hit Chart · Acme Sensing Model X4US 10,123,456 B2 · claim 1
Hit
ElementClaim languageSourceCoverage
1[pre]A wearable sensing device comprising…Datasheet, p. 2FULL
1[a]a housing enclosing an optical sensor array…Teardown, fig. 3FULL
1[b]a processor configured to sample at a variable rate…FCC filing, exh. 7PARTIAL
1[c]wherein the rate is set by detected motion…User manual, p. 14NONE
Illustrative sample. Results are preliminary research, not a legal determination.
Optional evidence

Your documents add, never subtract

Teardowns or specifications you supply are incorporated additively. They cannot lower coverage that public evidence already supports, and contradictions are flagged rather than quietly resolved.

Guardrails

Four things a Hit Chart will not do

  • Fabricate a citation.
  • Inflate PARTIAL to FULL.
  • Rely on paywalled sources.
  • Declare infringement.
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