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Follow a technology back to the companies building it.

Patents and papers show where a technology is heading. Company records show who can take it there. Sprouts Data serves both through one API: search the documents by what they describe, move to the companies behind them, and check their open roles. Patents and job openings link to companies; papers are matched by topic. You end up with a shortlist that carries its own evidence.

Built for: Innovation and R&D teams, technology scouts, supplier-discovery tools, IP and research products.

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Example, captured from our live index · test key

“sodium-ion battery cathode material”

156,596 matches. This page is full but no further page can be issued, so these are not necessarily all the matches. Narrow the search, or sort it, to reach the rest. Captured 30 Sept 2026.

  1. SODIUM ION BATTERY POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, POSITIVE ELECTRODE SHEET, SECONDARY BATTERY, AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE

    HUBEI WANRUN NEW ENERGY TECH CO LTD · applied

  2. POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR SODIUM-ION BATTERIESPositive electrode active material for sodium-ion batteries

    FUNDACION CENTRO DE INVESTIG COOPERATIVA DE ENERGIAS ALTERNATIVAS CIC ENERGIGUNE FUNDAZIOA · granted

  3. High-performance sodium ion battery titanium-based cathode, sodium ion battery and preparation method

    UNIV HUAZHONG SCIENCE TECH · granted

  4. SODIUM ION BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SODIUM ION BATTERY AND USE OF A SODIUM ION BATTERY

    BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG · applied

  5. IRON-BASED CATHODE MATERIAL FOR SODIUM-ION BATTERY, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND CORRESPONDING SODIUM-ION FULL BATTERYIron-based cathode material for sodium-ion battery, preparation method thereof, and corresponding sodium-ion full battery

    SUZHOU GAOBO ENERGY STORAGE SCITECH CO LTD · granted

The calls, in order.

CallWhat you doWhat you get back
POST /v1/searchSearch patents by what they describe (category patent)Matching patents
POST /v1/entities/companiesResolve the companies behind themCompany records with size and location
POST /v1/searchCheck their hiring (category job_opening)Open roles in the field
POST /v1/searchSee who else is publishing (category academic_report)Research papers on the same topic

What you end up with: A shortlist of companies, each with the patents and open roles that put it there.

Questions people ask next.

Can I search patents by meaning rather than exact words?

For a large part of the corpus, yes. The coverage page shows how much of each corpus can be searched by meaning, and the response tells you when that limited an answer.

Do you cover research papers too?

Yes: 104M+ research papers, on the same API and the same key.

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By Dr. Junaid Farooq, Chief Architect & VP of AI, Sprouts.ai · Updated 30 September 2026