California Regional Independent Inventors Conference will take place August 12-13, 2011, Pasadena, California. Senior USPTO officials, successful inventors and intellectual property experts will be on hand to provide practical advice and information for novice and seasoned inventors. A pre-conference workshop on August 11 (from 5-7 pm) will cover the basics of the patent process. The workshop session on patent basics will be repeated as a breakout session on August 12 and 13.