Exhibit 31.1

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

I, David A. Nelson, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2012 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:
5. 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;
6. 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;
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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):
10. 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
11. 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:   August 14, 2012

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