Exhibit 24.1


POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned constitutes and appoints LAURA J. SCHUMACHER, KATHLEEN
M.S. SCHEIDT, JENNIFER M. LAGUNAS 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 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 or successors 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:  October 21, 2015

/s/ Henry O. Gosebruch
Signature of Reporting Person

Henry O. Gosebruch


AbbVie Inc.
1 N. Waukegan Road
North Chicago, IL 60064