Definition of "nonfinal" []

• Not final. (adjective)

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• "Mr. Burdett said that PayPal has received three “nonfinal rejections” of its patent application for its PayPal Mobile system, most recently in June."
• "There is an important corollary to drawing a distinction between intrinsic value and final value (and between extrinsic value and nonfinal value), and that is that, contrary to what Korsgaard herself initially says, it may be a mistake to contrast final value with instrumental value."
• "The Patent Office's ruling is nonfinal, so Judge Spencer doesn't have to consider it in his ruling."