Inflated Iluminated Wind Turbines

I would not have noticed this piece in Engadget if it were not about Dean Kamen,  famously the inventor of the Segway. And yes I know it is about a patent, not a buyable invention.  Still it intrigues me, as a combination of fairly simple individual,very old ideas:  ...turbine-inflation-illumination.   Is this true innovation or a waste of the patent office's time?