Given what is being approved as a patent these days (basically anything goes in), I wouldn't consider this as an exception. Generally speaking, the patents sho

Given what is being approved as a patent these days (basically anything goes in), I wouldn't consider this as an exception. Generally speaking, the patents should describe the invention in such a way that anyone competent in the field could recreate it. So I don't see how the fact the Apple has hired that team has any relevance to this. Maybe the patents should have been invalidated too.