Apple's patent attack (details on the patents involved)

Patent number: 7479949 http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=dCKzAAAAEBAJ&dq=7...

Filing date: Apr 11, 2008 - Issue date: Jan 20, 2009

Less than a year from filing to issue!!!?? Do "frequent filers" get in a special priority queue at the USPTO?