Appeal No. 2001-1866 Page 6
Application No. 08/478,606
ordinary skill in the art.'" In re Bell, 991 F.2d 781, 783, 26 USPQ2d 1529, 1531 (Fed.
Cir. 1993) (quoting In re Rinehart, 531 F.2d 1048, 1051, 189 USPQ 143, 147 (CCPA
1976)).
Here, Johnston discloses "a programmable AC electric energy meter 10. . . ."
Col. 5, l. 1. "The meter 10 includes a programmable time based measuring system 15
including a metering sequence logic control circuit 16." Id. at ll. 5-8. We find that the
latter circuit ascertains the power measurements of kilowatt hours and kilowatt demand.
Specifically, "circuit 16 totalizes and stores in the data RAM memory 34 the values of
the electric energy parameters to be measured including kilowatt hours and kilowatt
demand for the predetermined high rate, mid rate and low rate periods during each
day." Col. 6, ll. 22-27 (emphases added).
The appellants further argue that Johnston's kilowatt hours and kilowatt demand
"are different expressions of a single power measurement - real power (watts)." (Req.
Reh'g at 4.) "Argument in the brief does not take the place of evidence in the record."
In re Schulze, 346 F.2d 600, 602, 145 USPQ 716, 718 (CCPA 1965) (citing In re Cole,
326 F.2d 769, 773, 140 USPQ 230, 233 (CCPA 1964)). Here, the reference evidences
that its kilowatt hours and kilowatt demand are two measurements of power, which is all
that the limitations at issue require. Specifically, Johnston refers to kilowatt hours and
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