little tabs that you add to the bottom of the plate so that the original plate stays as -is. these tabs have your current year and month of expiration. ron rader On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Richard Kahn <tahoehealey at hotmail.com> wrote: > > Sorry, but what are "ears"? I've not heard of this as part of a license before. > Rich Kahn