Critical Patch Updates - already applied

Does anyone know how to get a list of Critical Patch Updates already applied on a system.
I am aware that from 11.5.10.2 with ATG 6 onwards all CPU's are cumulative. However I also believe that there is no current way to get a list of CPU's applied - Oracle have not yet created a script for this purpose. I believe the only way is to look at each CPU document and try to crossmatch the patch number to ad_bugs.
Does anyone have a better method than this or a script already created ?
Jim

Hi Jim;
I belive you should use Critical Patch Updates and Security Alerts and check those patch avaliable by using Opatch utulity and from ad_bugs table
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alerts-086861.html
Also see:
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2010 Documentation Map [ID 1210564.1]
Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 11i and 12 Critical Patch Update Knowledge Document (October 2010) [ID 987438.1]
How to check which Techstack patchsets have been applied [ID 390864.1]
Regard
Helios

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I want to kow how to apply Critical patch update of oct2009 in RHEL for oracle 9.2.0.8.

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Note 881382.1(section 5.8) states the terminal CPU for 9.2.0.8 will be CPUJul2010. The CPUOCT2009 can be downloaded for 9.2.0.8 as patch 8836758.
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However, I found the following on MetaLink, you may want to give this a try.
The best way I have found to avoid these cannot write to DLL errors is:
1. Download listdlls.exe from:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/listdlls.shtml
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3. reboot machine
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5. grep -i "ora" todaysdll.txt
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Our oracle database 10.2.0.4 on windows 32 bit ...I need to apply the patch from Critical Patch Update (CPU) January 2012,
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I have on more question ,We have rman full backup in tape,Application people (Infractrure manager) have doubt backup is valid or not,,,So He is telling create one database restore the full backup.
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Error Number (if applicable): error code 73
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Copyright (c) 2005, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved..
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