nonprovisional

1 7.8

Not temporary or preliminary and officially final

adjective
/nɒnprəˈvɪʒənl/

Formal

: no provisional

She received a nonprovisional patent for her invention.

Examples

The contract is now nonprovisional.
The company filed a nonprovisional patent application for its invention.
A nonprovisional agreement was signed, making the terms legally binding.
Once the nonprovisional status is granted, the process cannot be reversed.
The researchers submitted a nonprovisional patent application to secure their invention for commercial use.
After many revisions, they filed their nonprovisional application, signaling that they were ready to proceed with the patent process.
A nonprovisional utility patent offers full legal protection for the inventor's creation, unlike provisional patents that require further action.

Antonyms

provisional

56 6.1

Temporary for now and likely to change

How Final

permanent

613 3.2

final

∞ 1.0

nonprovisional

Formal

1 7.8

provisional

56 6.1

Surface Forms

nonprovisional positive

Morphology

nonprovisional = provisional (transparent) = non + provision + al

A straightforward negation: the productive prefix 'non-' attaches to the adjective 'provisional' to mean 'not provisional'.

Etymology

The word nonprovisional begins with non- meaning 'not' and the rest is provisional, from provision which is about 'providing ahead' and came to mean 'temporary' or 'before the final decision'. So nonprovisional means 'not temporary' — it is final, official, and fully established.