 Following an internal investigation, the Administrative Council requested on 25 June 2015 the Enlarged Board of Appeal to make a proposal for the removal from office of Corcoran, pursuant to and Article 12a of the Rules of Procedure of the Enlarged Board of Appeal.This was the first dismissal procedure instituted against a member of the Boards of Appeal in the history of the European Patent Office.In that first case, which received the case number "Art.