**Exhibit** **31.1**




**Certificate
      of Chief Executive Officer**


**Pursuant
      to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)**


I,
        Thomas
        F. Bijou, certify that:
 1.            
          I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
          June
          30, 2007 of Nano-Proprietary, Inc. (“NNPP”);
  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 NNPP as of, and for,
          the
          periods presented in this report.
  4.            
          NNPP’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and
          maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in the Exchange
          Act
          Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting
          (as
          defined in the Exchange Act Rules 13a - 15(f) and 15d - 15(f)) for NNPP
          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 NNPP, 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 NNPP’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 NNPP’s internal control over financial reporting that
          occurred during NNPP’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected,
          or is reasonably likely to materially affect, NNPP’s internal control over
          financial reporting; and
  5.            
          NNPP’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
          evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to NNPP’s auditors and
          the audit committee of NNPP’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 NNPP’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 NNPP’s internal control over financial
          reporting.
   Date:   
          July 27, 2007
 ./s/
        Thomas F.
        Bijou
 Thomas
        F.
        Bijou,
 Chief
        Executive Officer