Description of Business

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Description of Business

Note 1. Description of Business

Impinj, Inc. enables wireless connectivity to everyday items, delivering each items’ unique identity, location and authenticity to business and consumer applications. The Impinj Platform, spanning endpoints, connectivity and software provides this wireless item connectivity and information delivery. Impinj derives revenue from selling endpoint integrated circuits that attach-to and uniquely identify items; reader ICs, readers and gateways that enable bidirectional radio connectivity to the items; operating-system software that manages platform resources and delivers services and item data to partner applications via open APIs; as well as from development, service and license agreements. Our integrated platform connects billions of everyday items such as apparel, medical supplies, automobile parts, drivers’ licenses, food, logistics and luggage to applications such as inventory management, patient safety, asset tracking and item authentication, delivering real-time information to businesses about items they create, manage, transport and sell.