It looks like Apple’s investment in LiquidMetal and Crucible helped build their in-house R&D program. Working with the leading researchers in commercializing BMG at that time was probably worth the money to them. It’s god to see that BMGs are still in the works.
God Bless You for monitoring and posting these things ... I am even more grateful when salient points are pulled from the text for a person like me ( i.e. a person with the attention span of a four year old ).
A relative is a patent lawyer ... how can one keep one's mind in such a profession ?