SEC FORM 3 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*
GONZALEZ RICHARD A

(Last) (First) (Middle)
100 ABBOTT PARK ROAD

(Street)
ABBOTT PARK IL 60064-6400

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
07/01/2010
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ABBOTT LABORATORIES [ ABT ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Executive Vice President
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 73,333 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
Option (right to buy)(1) 02/16/2008 02/15/2017 Common shares 100,667 52.54 D
Option (right to buy)(1) 02/16/2009 02/15/2017 Common shares 100,666 52.54 D
Option (right to buy)(1) 02/16/2010 02/15/2017 Common shares 100,667 52.54 D
Option (right to buy)(1) 02/22/2008 02/13/2013 Common shares 219,192 52.39 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Employee stock option granted pursuant to the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program in a transaction exempt from Section 16 under Rule 16b-3.
Remarks:
Exhibit List Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney
John A. Berry, by power of attorney for Richard A. Gonzalez 07/02/2010
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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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:  July 1, 2010
  /s/ Richard A. Gonzalez
  Signature of Reporting Person

  Richard A. Gonzalez
  Name

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