Exhibit 31.1
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             CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(a) OF THE SECURITIES
                EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION
                         302 OF THE SARBANES OXLEY ACT OF 2002
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I, David A. Nelson, certify that:

1.  I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K for the period  ended  December 31,
    2011 of REGENT 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 Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.  I, in my capacity as the Company's certifying  officers, am 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 Registrant 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
          Registrant,  including its consolidated subsidiary, 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 Registrant'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  Registrant's  internal
          control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant's
          most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant's  fourth fiscal quarter in
          the case of an annual  report)  that has  materially  affected,  or is
          reasonably  likely to materially  affect,  the  Registrant's  internal
          control over financial reporting; and

5.  I, in  my  capacity as  the Company's  certifying  officers, have disclosed,
    based  on the  most recent  evaluation  of internal  control over  financial
    reporting, to  the Registrant's  auditors  and  the  audit  committee of the
    Registrant's  board  of  directors (or  persons  performing  the  equivalent
    functions):

     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  Registrant's  ability to
          record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
     b)   any fraud, whether or not material,  that involves management or other
          employees who have a  significant  role in the  Registrant's  internal
          control over financial reporting.

Dated:   March 30, 2011

/s/ David A. Nelson
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David A. Nelson
Chief Executive Officer and Principal Accounting Officer