Patent ID: 7229624

Claim:
A composition comprising: (a) a non-naturally occurring molecular scaffold comprising: (i) a core particle that comprises a virus-like particle or a recombinant form thereof (ii) an organizer comprising at least one first attachment site, wherein said organizer is connected to said core particle by at least one covalent bond; and (b) an antigen or antigenic determinant with at least one second attachment site, said second attachment site being selected from the group consisting of: (i) an attachment site not naturally occurring with said antigen or antigenic determinant; and (ii) an attachment site naturally occurring with said antigen or antigenic determinant, wherein said second attachment site is capable of association through at least one non-peptide bond to said first attachment site; and wherein said antigen or antigenic determinant and said scaffold interact through said association to form an ordered and repetitive antigen array; wherein said antigen is an allergenic protein.