Can concatenating the numbers $2^n$ and $2^n+1$ lead to a Sophie-Germain-prime greater then $89$?

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Let $n\ge 4$ be an integer and $d$ the number of digits in the decimal expansion of $2^n+1$. Then $$f(n)=2^n\cdot 10^d+2^n+1$$ is the number that emerges if $2^n$ and $2^n+1$ are concatenated.

A Sophie-Germain prime is a prime $p$ with the property that $2p+1$ is prime as well.

Can $f(n)$ be a Sophie-Germain-prime ?

I neither found forced factors ( small factors, algebraic factors , etc ) nor an example of a prime $f(n)$ being a Sophie-Germain prime except the cases $n=1$ and $n=3$ , leading to the Sophie-Germain primes $23$ and $89$.