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                                  Exhibit 32.1

                 CERTIFICATION FOR ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-KSB

I, Rudolph A. Lutterschmidt, certify that

    1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-KSB of Nocopi Technologies,
       Inc.

    2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
       of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
       statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
       statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered
       by this Report;

    3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
       information included in this Report, fairly present in all material
       respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of
       the small business issuer as of, and for the periods presented in this
       Report;

    4. The small business issuer's other certifying officer and I are
       responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
       procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and
       internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act
       Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the small business issuer and have:

       a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures or caused such
          disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
          supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the small
          business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
          known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
          period in which this Report is being prepared;

       b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused
          such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under
          our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
          reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
          statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
          accounting principles;

       c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's disclosure
          controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions
          about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as
          of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
          evaluation; and

       d. Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer's
          internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
          small business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small business
          issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an Report) that has
          materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
          small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and

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    5. The small business issuer's other certifying officer and I have
       disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
       financial reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the
       small business issuer's Board of Directors;

       a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
          operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
          reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer's
          ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data; and

       b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
          employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer's
          internal controls over financial reporting.

          Date: April 14, 2004


         By:    /s/ Rudolph A. Lutterschmidt
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