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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^*

Contreras Jaime

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

100 ABBOTT PARK ROAD

(Street)

ABBOTT PARK

60064

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/16/2013

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)
Senior 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	23,733	D
Common shares without par value	20⁽¹⁾	I	Profit Sharing Trust
Common shares without par value	63,903⁽²⁾	I	Jaime Contreras Marvan 2006 Living Trust
Common shares without par value	2,066⁽³⁾	I	By spouse
Common shares without par value	16⁽⁴⁾	I	Profit Sharing Trust (by spouse)
Common shares without par value	12,081⁽⁵⁾	I	Living Trust (by spouse)

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)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	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)
Option (right to buy)⁽⁶⁾	02/15/2009	02/14/2018	Common shares	11,300	26.7	D
Option (right to buy)⁽⁶⁾	02/15/2010	02/14/2018	Common shares	11,300	26.7	D
Option (right to buy)⁽⁶⁾	02/15/2011	02/14/2018	Common shares	11,300	26.7	D
Option (right to buy)⁽⁶⁾	02/20/2010	02/19/2019	Common shares	5,900	26.02	D
Option (right to buy)⁽⁶⁾	02/20/2011	02/19/2019	Common shares	5,900	26.02	D
Option (right to buy)⁽⁶⁾	02/20/2012	02/19/2019	Common shares	5,900	26.02	D
Option (right to buy)⁽⁷⁾	02/19/2011	02/18/2020	Common shares	4,467	26.19	D
Option (right to buy)⁽⁷⁾	02/19/2012	02/18/2020	Common shares	4,466	26.19	D
Option (right to buy)⁽⁷⁾	02/19/2013	02/18/2020	Common shares	4,467	26.19	D
Option (right to buy)⁽⁷⁾	02/18/2012	02/17/2021	Common shares	5,767	22.39	D
Option (right to buy)⁽⁷⁾	02/18/2013	02/17/2021	Common shares	5,766	22.39	D
Option (right to buy)⁽⁷⁾	02/18/2014	02/17/2021	Common shares	5,767	22.39	D
Option (right to buy)⁽⁷⁾	02/17/2013	02/16/2022	Common shares	7,334	27.03	D
Option (right to buy)⁽⁷⁾	02/17/2014	02/16/2022	Common shares	7,333	27.03	D
Option (right to buy)⁽⁷⁾	02/17/2015	02/16/2022	Common shares	7,333	27.03	D
Option (right to buy)⁽⁷⁾	07/15/2013	02/19/2014	Common shares	21,108	33.37	D
Option (right to buy)⁽⁷⁾	02/15/2014	02/14/2023	Common shares	19,934	34.94	D
Option (right to buy)⁽⁷⁾	02/15/2015	02/14/2023	Common shares	19,933	34.94	D
Option (right to buy)⁽⁷⁾	02/15/2016	02/14/2023	Common shares	19,933	34.94	D
Option (right to buy)⁽⁷⁾	08/20/2013	02/19/2014	Common shares	1,545	35.08	D
Option (right to buy)⁽³⁾⁽⁶⁾	07/20/2008	07/19/2017	Common shares	1,034	25.76	I	By spouse
Option (right to buy)⁽³⁾⁽⁶⁾	07/20/2009	07/19/2017	Common shares	1,033	25.76	I	By spouse
Option (right to buy)⁽³⁾⁽⁶⁾	07/20/2010	07/19/2017	Common shares	1,033	25.76	I	By spouse
Option (right to buy)⁽³⁾⁽⁶⁾	02/15/2009	02/14/2018	Common shares	1,067	26.7	I	By spouse
Option (right to buy)⁽³⁾⁽⁶⁾	02/15/2010	02/14/2018	Common shares	1,067	26.7	I	By spouse
Option (right to buy)⁽³⁾⁽⁶⁾	02/15/2011	02/14/2018	Common shares	1,066	26.7	I	By spouse
Option (right to buy)⁽³⁾⁽⁷⁾	08/20/2013	02/19/2014	Common shares	2,715	35.08	I	By spouse

Explanation of Responses:

1. Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of 9/16/13.

2. Held in the Jaime Contreras Marvan 2006 Living Trust. The reporting person is sole trustee of the trust. The trust is revocable.

3. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities held by his spouse.

4. Balance held by spouse in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of 9/16/13. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities.

5. Held in spouse's living trust. The reporting person's spouse is sole trustee of the trust. The trust is revocable. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities.

6. Employee stock option granted pursuant to the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program in a transaction exempt from Section 16 under Rule 16b-3.

7. Employee stock option granted pursuant to the Abbott Laboratories 2009 Incentive Stock Program in a transaction exempt from Section 16 under Rule 16b-3.

	John A. Berry, by power of attorney for Jaime Contreras	09/26/2013
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Exhibit 24.1


POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned constitutes and appoints HUBERT L. ALLEN,JOHN A.
BERRY and JESSICA H. PAIK,and each of them individually, as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and re-substitution, 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, including a Form ID and any other documents
necessary to obtain codes and passwords necessary to make electronic
filings, 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,
necessary or desirable 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:  September 17, 2013

/s/ Jaime Contreras
Signature of Reporting Person

Jaime Contreras


Abbott Laboratories
100 Abbott Park Road
Abbott Park, IL 60064