Conjecture: subsequence of prime terms (3, 5, 17, 65537, ...) is not the same as
A249759.
Corresponding values of numbers k are in
A098855 (numbers n such that 4^n + 2^n - 1 is prime).
Corresponding values of primes q: 5, 19, 71, 271, 4159, 1049599, 4295032831, ...
4 out of 5 known Fermat primes (3, 5, 17, 65537) are terms; corresponding values of primes q: 5, 19, 271, 4295032831.