If the leaking pipe is not causing the damp patch, then where does it go, and where does the patch come from?
Sometimes water will drip onto a surface and then travel before reaching the floor.
I'd like to help but I can't say that I understand your description.
For the moment, you could try covering the damp patch with a waterproof sheet and somehow try to guide the drip into a container.
If the sheet stays dry that will prove a point at least.
Colin
January 2008