No. 19-7910October Term 2019Decided May 18, 2020
Arunachalam v. Intuit, Inc.
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari and a motion to proceed in forma pauperis filed by the petitioner, Lakshmi Arunachalam, following a decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released May 18, 2020
- What it's about
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari and a motion to proceed in forma pauperis filed by the petitioner, Lakshmi Arunachalam, following a decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Question presented
1. Whether the Federal Circuit’s Rule 36 summary affirmance of the PTAB’s decision, which invalidated Petitioner’s patent claims under 35 U.S.C. § 101, violates the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment and the Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial? 2. Whether the PTAB’s retroactive application of the Alice/Mayo framework to invalidate previously issued patent claims violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment? 3. Whether the appointment of Administrative Patent Judges (APJs) to the PTAB violates the Appointments Clause of Article II of the Constitution?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit / Decision released May 18, 2020
- Area
Decided Supreme Court case
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Mar 30, 2026
- Method
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