SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* LIDDY EDWARD M (Last) (First) (Middle) 400 N. MICHIGAN AVENUE, SUITE 400 (Street) CHICAGO IL 60611 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 06/11/2010	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ABBOTT LABORATORIES [ ABT ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common shares without par value	1,135	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

	John A. Berry, by Power of Attorney for Edward M. Liddy	06/21/2010
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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   Exhibit 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY


	The undersigned constitutes and appoints LAURA J.
SCHUMACHER, JOHN A. BERRY, RICHARD E. GREEN, and
STEVEN L. SCROGHAM, and each of them individually, as
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, to prepare and
sign any and all Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC") Notices of Proposed Sales of Securities
pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933
on Form 144, all SEC statements on Forms 3, 4 and 5 as
required under Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, and any amendments to such
forms, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the
SEC, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent
full power and authority to do and perform each act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done under
said Rule 144 and Section 16(a), as fully for all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

	A copy of this power of attorney shall be filed
with the SEC.  The authorization set forth above shall
continue in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 144,
3, 4, or 5 or if earlier, until the undersigned
revokes such authorization by written instructions to
the attorney-in-fact.



Date:  June 14, 2010
  /s/ Edward M. Liddy
  Signature of Reporting Person

  Edward M. Liddy, Director
  Name

  Abbott Laboratories
  100 Abbott Park Road
  Abbott Park, IL 60064-6400