**EXHIBIT 31.1**

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERPURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Craig Burton, certify that:

 

1.             I have reviewedthis quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of USIP.Com, Inc.;

 

2.             Based on myknowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material factor omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, inlight of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.             Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this report, fairly represent in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for,the periods presented in this report;

 

4.             The Registrant’sother certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the Registrant and have:

 

a)             Designedsuch disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls tobe designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relatingto the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to usby others within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisreport is being prepared;

 

b)            Designedsuch internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal controlover financial reporting to be designed under our supervision to providereasonable assurance regarding the reliability of such financial reporting andthe preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordancewith generally accepted accounting principles.

 

c)             Evaluatedthe effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and

 

d)            Disclosedin this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (theRegistrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theRegistrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

5.             The Registrant’sother certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’sauditors and the audit committee of Registrant’s board of directors (or personsperforming the equivalent functions):

 

a)             Allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation ofinternal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely toadversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial information; and

 

b)            Anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting.

 
| Date: November 11, 2004 |   |
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| /s/ Craig Burton        |   |
| Craig Burton, President |
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