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box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\" height=\"22\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">Alex Keating<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">United States<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">$701,688<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 16.5pt; box-sizing: border-box;\">\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"height: 16.5pt; box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\" height=\"22\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">Guoliang Wei<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">China<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\">$433,662<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 16.5pt; box-sizing: border-box;\">\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"height: 16.5pt; box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: var(--grey-300);\" height=\"22\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"box-sizing: border-box; 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