Appeal No. 1999-0076
Application No. 08/348,699
As to the Glick patent, we find that it addresses a
surgical element, such as a suture, a staple, a pad, a
bandage, and a sponge (column 8, lines 20 through 66), which
is formed of a material (polyglycolic acid or PGA) to give it
a color such that the surgical element is more easily seen by
a surgeon in contrast with blood and tissue or bandages or
other background materials. When a biocomponent structure is
used (column 7, line 53 to column 8, line 8), if an absorbable
PGA element is colored green
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