wow...yet another correction....lol

"applications filed prior to June 8, 1995 automatically have a term that is the greater of the twenty year term discussed above or seventeen years from the patent grant."

with that....lol

utility patents are 20 years from first apllied date...exception 5491774

Patent number: 5491774...Comp General Corporation
Filing date: Apr 1994  
Issue date: Feb 13, 1996.........2013 - 2008 = 5

 Patent number: 5787445...Norris Communications
Filing date: Mar 7, 1996.........2016 -2008 = 8 years
Issue date: Jul 28, 1998

Patent number: 5839108...Norris Communications
Filing date: Jun 30, 1997........2017 -2008 = 9 years
Issue date: Nov 17, 1998

Patent number: 5842170...Norris Communications
Filing date: Dec 23, 1996........2016 -2008 = 8 years
Issue date: Nov 24, 1998

Patent number: 5742737...Norris Communications
Filing date: Mar 3, 1997........2017 - 2008 = 9 years
Issue date: Apr 21, 1998

 sorry about that....edig gets ripped a full year on  5491774, while their application process for it was ony 2 years.

doni