EXHIBIT 31.1


Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer





I, Douglas P. Baker, certify that:





1.           I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 of Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. (“APNT”);





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 APNT as of, and for, the periods presented in this report.





4.           APNT’s other certifying officer 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 Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for APNT 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 APNT, 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 principals;





(c)           Evaluated the effectiveness of APNT’s disclosure control’s 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 APNT’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during APNT’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, APNT’s internal control over financial reporting; and





5.           APNT’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to APNT’s auditors and the audit committee of APNT’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 APNT’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 APNT’s internal control over financial reporting.








Date:    March 1, 2011








/s/ Douglas P. Baker


Douglas P. Baker


Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer