Supreme Court holds that a patent objection filed during proceedings must be considered in the factual assessment, not separately adjudicated.

The Supreme Court of Poland overturned the Patent Office's decision to dismiss proceedings regarding a specific patent objection without substantive review. The Patent Office had previously rejected the objection due to missing translations while simultaneously denying the patent based on a flawed assessment of the invention's novelty. The Court ruled that introducing the objection during the process is permissible and creates a unified factual basis for the final decision, rather than constituting a separate case.