History: Zaire's Law No. 82-001 on Industrial Property came into effect in 1982 and was complemented by Ordinance No. 85-213 in 1985. Membership: WIPO, Paris

Provisions until now: The law of former Zaire excludes inventions whose publication would jeopardise public order, national security and good morals, as well as discoveries existing in nature, from patentability.

SOURCE Alan Jacobs (ed.), Patents Throughout the World, Clark, Boardman & Callaghan, New York , Release #31, April 1989.