Re: Repeat after me.
"Fiction is not prior art".
Not necessarily true. The Donald Duck Case is an example where fiction may be prior art in the patent world. The devil is in the details as usual. Does the patent describe a particular method which is also present in the fictional example, and so on.
Of more immediate interest is Jobs being named as a co-inventor. This implies that he personally made a contribution to the invention. If he didn't, then it would be grounds for rejection of the application, or even nullification if the application were ever granted. If the patent were to be challenged, then the defence team would have to provide evidence satisying the court that he contributed to the invention, otherwise it would likely fail.
And "running the company where the invention was made" doesn't count.
(And this is just an application, not a granted patent. The USPTO hasn't even reviewed it yet.)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
