UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. ___________)
MedPlus, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)
58504P 103
(CUSIP Number)
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a
reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the
subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment
containing information which would alter the disclosures provided
in a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall
not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to
the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to
all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
CUSIP NO. 58504P 103 13G Page of Pages
1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON Paul J. Stein
S.S. of I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF ABOVE PERSON
SS# ###-##-####
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) N/A (b) N/A
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States of America
Number of 5 SOLE VOTING POWER 0
Shares 6 SHARED VOTING POWER 28,000
Beneficially Reporting 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 284,750
Owned By 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 28,000
Each
Person with
9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
312,750
10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 9 EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES N/A
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 5.3%
12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON I
Item 1(a)
Name of Issuer: MedPlus, Inc.
Item 1(b)
Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
8805 Governor's Hill Drive, Suite, 100
Cincinnati, OH 45249
Item 2(a)
Name of Person Filing: Paul J. Stein
Item 2(b)
Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence:
20575 Center Ridge Rd., Ste 460
Rocky River, OH 44116
Item 2(c)
Citizenship: United States
Item 2(d)
Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock
Item 2(e)
CUSIP Number: 58504P 103
Item 3
Filing pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b): N/A
Item 4
Ownership.
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned as of 12/31/96: 311,500*
*Total consists of 276,000 shares owned outright by Mr.
Stein, 28,000 shares which are owned by members of Mr. Stein's
immediate family and 8,750 shares which Mr. Stein currently has
the option to purchase. Mr. Stein has shared voting and
investment power with respect to the shares owned by members of
his immediate family. Mr. Stein has granted an irrevocable proxy
to Richard A. Mahoney, for whom a Form 13G has been filed
concurrently herewith, granting Mr. Mahoney sole voting power with
respect to all of the 284,750 shares with respect to which Mr.
Stein has the sole power of disposal, including those shares Mr.
Stein currently has the option to purchase.
(b) Percent of Class: 5.3%
(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:
(i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote 0
(ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote 28,000
(iii) sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of 284,750
(iv) shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of 28,000
Item 5
Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
N/A
Item 6
Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.
N/A
Item 7
Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired
the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company.
N/A
Item 8
Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
N/A
Item 9
Notice of Dissolution of Group.
N/A
Item 10
Certification.
N/A
Signature.
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement
is true, complete and correct.
Date February 13, 1998
Signature /s/ Paul J. Stein
Name/Title Paul J. Stein
