EXHIBIT A STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

                                    EXHIBIT A
                             STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

         This STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT is made between COVOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"),  and Xxxxx X. Xxxx (the  "Optionee").  The
Company and the Optionee agree as follows:

         1.       Option Grant. The  Company hereby  grants to the  Optionee the
right and the  option  (the  "Option")  to  purchase  all or any part of 100,000
shares of the Company's Common Stock at a purchase price of $1.50 per share.

         2. Grant Date.  This Option shall become  effective on June 1, 1996 and
shall continue in effect until June 1, 2006, unless earlier  terminated upon the
mutual written agreement of the Executive and the Company as provided in section
4 of the Employment Agreement between the Company and the Executive.

         3. Time of Exercise of  Option. Subject to  the provisions of section 2
of this  Agreement,  the Option  for the  entire  100,000  shares  shall  become
exercisable on _____________.

         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  parties  have  executed  this  Agreement  in
duplicate as of the date written above.

COVOLTECHNOLOGIES, INC.                               OPTIONEE
By: /s/ Xxxx Midley                                   /s/  Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Title:  President