Exhibit 23.1 Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1). REGISTERED WITH THE PUBLIC COMPANY ACCOUNTING OVERSIGHT BOARD [Logo of Baker Tilly International] An independent member of Baker Tilly International HANSEN, BARNETT & MAXWELL A Professional Corporation CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS REGISTERED WITH THE PUBLIC COMPANY ACCOUNTING OVERSIGHT BOARD 5 Triad Center, Suite 750 Salt Lake City, UT 84180-1128 [GRAPHIC OMITED] Phone: (801) 532-2200 Fax: (801) 532-7944 www.hbmcpas.com CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS To the Board of Directors and the Stockholders Proton Laboratories, Inc. and subsidiaries We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8, pertaining to 945,000 shares of common stock under the Company's 2004 Marketing Consultants Stock Plan, of our report dated March 12, 2004, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Proton Laboratories, Inc. (the "Company"), which appear in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2003, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. HANSEN, BARNETT & MAXWELL Salt Lake City, Utah November 18, 2004