An invention shall be patentable if it is new, if it involves an inventive activity and if it is capable of industrial application.

An invention shall be considered new where it has no precedent in the state of the art.

State of the art shall comprise everything that has been publicised in Mozambique or in any other part of the world, by means of a verbal description, by use or by any other means, prior to the date of filing or the date of priority, if any, of the patent application in which the invention is claimed.