I assume this is a patent question, and your concern is if you can be sued for patent infringement by marketing a pimple patch using ingredients...

Can I get a patent on my method even though a similar method is patented for the use of a product in a different industry?

This is a definite "maybe." On the vague facts here, there may be a method of use claim available if the use is in a completely different field....

Is it stealing intellectual property ?

On the facts you present, you are not an inventor and cannot legally file a patent application. If you did, you would be misrepresenting the...

Do I have a chance at being awarded a patent?

I doubt you have an "invention" within the meaning of the patent law (35 USC Sec. 101) so I doubt you can get a patent on this. However, you give...

Do I have to get a license from the other patent holder if my patent includes some of their claims?

What I think you are really asking is that if practicing your invention infringes someone else's patent, when are you liable for infringement? The...

You can file a provisional patent application by yourself, but if you want an enforceable patent, hire a patent attorney. As a non-expert, doing...

Will a small company try to hold me accountable if they have a problem with the KNOW-HOW I license them?

What I think you are saying is that you've licensed a product to someone else (a licensee) who wants to manufacture and sell it, and now they've...

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Can a patent filing be disputed if evidence of the originating idea is made by another party?

The hypo is that Person A invented something, but Person B filed a patent application on that thing. Can A dispute the patent filing? Under the...

No. The patent marking statute (35 USC § 287) makes no reference to "patent pending" (or words of similar effect). A patent marking is only valid...