Patch application in a DataGuard environment!

Just curious if anyone out there has any patch application best practices in a DG environment.
Our environment is:
- Oracle v 10.2.0.3
- Solaris 10
- DG in Physical Standby
We are in the process of applying July CPU patch and just want to check if anyone out there has any recommendations.
Appreciate all your help.

Hi, the July Patch can be from Metalink site into Note:432865.1 and the link is
https://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/f?p=130:14:1963896718475765486::::p14_database_id,p14_docid,p14_show_header,p14_show_help,p14_black_frame,p14_font:NOT,278641.1,1,0,1,helvetica
Good luck.
Regards.

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