Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Professor Hulse has drafted and prosecuted patent applications in a wide range of technical fields, including electronics, computer software, telecommunications, electromechanical and medical devices, and business methods. His practice also involves of intellectual property counseling, such as evaluating risks from third-party patents and assisting in efforts to design around those patents. Serving as an independent expert evaluator for a major patent pool, he has significant experience determining the essentiality of patented technology to a number of standards bodies' specifications.