Composite catalog and method of making

Claim 1

IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CATALOGS FOR DISTRIBUTORS THAT HANDLE PRODUCTS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS OF MANUFACTURERS BUT WITH SOME MANUFACTURERS COMMON TO BOTH GROUPS, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES PREPARING CATALOG PAGES IMPRESSED WITH THE PRODUCTS OF DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS, THE PRODUCTS OF EACH MANUFACTURER BEING DISCLOSED ON A DIFFERENT PAGE OR PAGES FROM THOSE OF EACH OTHER MANUFACTURER AND IMPRESSING ON EACH PAGE THE NAME OF THE MANUFACTURER WHOSE PRODUCTS ARE DISCLOSED ON THAT PAGE AND IMPRESSING ON THE MARGIN OF EACH PAGE AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR A PAGE NUMBER, THE FIRST LETTER OF THE NAME OF THE MANUFACTURER, WHOSE PRODUCTS ARE DISCLOSED ON THAT PAGE, PREPARING AN INDEX, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, OF THE PRODUCTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN A FIRST CATALOG, PLACING UNDER EACH PRODUCT LISTED THE NAME OF ANY MANUFACTURER WHO SUPPLIES THAT PRODUCT AND WHO IS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE FIRST CATALOG BUT WITHOUT PAGE NUMBERS FOR THE MANUFACTURERS, MAKING A CORRESPONDING INDEX FOR A SECOND CATALOG, WITH THE NAMES OF MANUFACTURERS WHO ARE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SECOND CATALOG AND INCLUDING SOME THAT ARE IN THE INDEX OF THE FIRST CATALOG, AND AGAIN LISTING THE NAMES OF THE MANUFACTURERS WITHOUT REFERENCE TO PAGE NUMBERS, THEN BINDING TOGETHER IN THE FIRST CATALOG THE PREVIOUSLY PREPARED PAGES FOR ALL OF THE MANUFACTURERS LISTED IN THE INDEX FOR THE FIRST CATALOG AND WITH THE PAGES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF THE LETTERS THAT ARE USED AS SUBSTITUTES FOR PAGE NUMBERS, AND BINDING TOGETHER IN THE SECOND CATALOG THE PREVIOUSLY PREPARED PAGES FOR ALL OF THE MANUFACTURERS LISTED IN THE INDEX FOR THE SECOND CATALOG AND WITH THE PAGES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF THE LETTERS THAT ARE USED AS SUBSTITUTES FOR PAGE NUMBERS.