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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Landgraf John C   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ABBOTT LABORATORIES [ABT] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Senior Vice President (Last) (First) (Middle) 100 ABBOTT PARK ROAD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/30/2007 (Street) ABBOTT PARK, IL 60064-6400 4. If Amendment, Date 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 (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common shares without par value 11/30/2007   M   15,710 A $ 45.4488 119,154 D   Common shares without par value 11/30/2007   F   13,782 D $ 57 105,372 D   Common shares without par value               15,494 (1) I Profit Sharing Trust Common shares without par value               25,000 (2) I Anne Marie Landgraf Living Trust Common shares without par value               896 (3) (4) I By self for son

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Option (right to buy) (5)

$ 45.4488

11/30/2007

M

15,710

02/09/2003

02/08/2011

Common Shares

15,710

$ 0

26,851

D

Option (right to buy) (5)

$ 57

11/30/2007

A

13,782

05/31/2008

02/08/2011

Common Shares

13,782

$ 0

13,782

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Landgraf John C 100 ABBOTT PARK ROAD ABBOTT PARK, IL 60064-6400			Senior Vice President

Signatures

Deborah K. Koenen, Attorney-in-Fact for John C. Landgraf		12/04/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of November 30, 2007
(2)	Held in the Anne Marie Landgraf Living Trust. The reporting person and his spouse are co-trustees of the trust. The trust is revocable by his spouse.
(3)	Includes shares acquired under the Abbott Laboratories Dividend Re-investment and Stock Purchase Plan in transactions exempt from Section 16(b) under Rule 16a-(11)
(4)	Reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities held by his son.
(5)	Employee stock option granted pursuant to the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program, including a replacement option feature, in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) under Rule 16b-3.
Remarks: The exercise was made pursuant to a previously adopted plan complying with Rule 10b5-1(c). The plan was adopted on July 25, 2007.

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